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We love because we love.

Honore de Balzac

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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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Command Different Fact Kind Love Obedience Oneself Passion Quite
To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals – that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
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Forever Greatness Ideal Live Praise Presence World
God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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Actor Drama God Heaven Man Poet Writing
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Courtesy General Selfish
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
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Believe Immortal Marriage Oneself Soul
As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Generosity Poor Rule
Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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Bond Greatness Relationship Sick Yourself
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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Control Giant Operation
Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
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Fire Flame Genius Inspirational One Liner Talent
Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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Born Journey Painful Poetry Thinking
No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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Dare Love Motive Natural Woman
A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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Compare Creature Man Poor Woman
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Lying Misery Misfortune Worst
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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Face Man Open Sailor Sea Woman
Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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Live Man Marriage Occupation Professional Yourself
People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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Fortune Happiness Misfortune Ourselves People

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