Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
HONORE DE BALZACThere is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
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What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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We love because we love.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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