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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Marriage must tirelessly combat a monster that devours everything: habit.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Has anyone ever truly loved? There are people who have died, and I feel they still love.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Power does not consist in hitting often or frequently, but in hitting at the right time.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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The more one judges, the less one loves.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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The hatred, like love, feeds on the smallest things, anything goes.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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A mother's heart is an abyss, at the bottom of which there is always forgiveness.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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The thought is the key to all treasures; the gains of the miser are ours without his worries.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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We are very strong when we acknowledge our weakness.

Henri Barbusse

Henri Barbusse

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The shadow does not exist; what you call shadow is the light that you do not see.

Henri Barbusse

Henri Barbusse

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It is by attempting the impossible that the possible is achieved.

Clive Barker

Clive Barker

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The television is the first truly democratic system, the first accessible to everyone and completely governed by what people want. The terrible thing is precisely what people want.

Pío Baroja

Pío Baroja

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Only fools have many friends. The greatest number of friends marks the highest degree on the stupidity dynamometer.