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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Honore de Balzac

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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.
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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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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
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Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
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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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Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.
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He who best knows the world will love it least.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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