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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.

Honore de Balzac

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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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Vice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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