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To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.
Honore de Balzac
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Honore de Balzac
Age: 52 †
Born: 1799
Born: May 20
Died: 1851
Died: August 19
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Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles.
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Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man's appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
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Passion is born deaf and dumb.
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We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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