One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

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"A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories."

- Honore de Balzac

Love

"A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea."

- Honore de Balzac

Love

"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart."

- Honore de Balzac

Love

"True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself."

- Honore de Balzac

Love

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

- Honore de Balzac

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

Belief

"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

Belief

"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

Belief

"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

Belief