The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
Honore De BalzacRead
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
God bears with the wicked, but not forever.
Once you’ve accepted your flaws, no one can use them against you.
Pick a theme and work it to exhaustion... the subject must be something you truly love or truly hate.
I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.
Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.
If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
The hardest-learned lesson: that people have only their kind of love to give, not our kind.
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
It is sweet to dance to violins When love and life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!
I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself
Life is the flower for which love is the honey.
Certainly the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you; if you don't bet you can't win.
I don’t live in either my past or my future. I’m interested only in the present. If you can concentrate always on the present, you’ll be a happy man. Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we’re living now.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
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