When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

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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

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

- Honore de Balzac

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

- Honore de Balzac

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"We cannot control who we fall in love with, but we can choose how we treat them."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"I think it takes a strong man to be in a relationship with a strong woman. A lot of people hear the word ‘diva’ and think of it as a negative. I see it as a positive. I want somebody who knows what they want out of life and isn’t afraid to show it."

- Nick Cannon

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"It’s not what’s under the tree that matters, it’s who’s gathered around it."

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"As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December’s bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our lives who are worth this aggravation, and people to whom we are worth the same."

- Donald E. Westlake

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"A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright."

- Lucille Ball

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