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Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

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Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

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Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

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The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

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The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.

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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about absolution, mother, heart, contentment

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

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The more one judges, the less one loves.

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The more you judge, the less you love.

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The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

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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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There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

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

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There is something great and terrible about suicide.

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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

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To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.

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