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bad believe hear
Believe anything you hear about the world; nothing is too impossibly bad
jealousy fear heart
Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
heart despair gowns
A woman in the depths of despair proves so persuasive that she wrenches the forgiveness lurking deep in the heart of her lover. This is all the more true when that woman is young, pretty, and so decollete as to emerge from the neck of her gown in the costume of Eve.
anger heart mud
Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts.
real heart adversity
The winter's frost must rend the burr of the nut before the fruit is seen. So adversity tempers the human heart, to discover its real worth.
heart gloves doe
Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
heart pride men
A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.
grief heart giving
Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
kindness heart character
Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward really wicked people for the evil they refrain from committing.
heart exercise equality
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.
peace heart men
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
falling-in-love heart feelings
But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; never let anyone so much as suspect them, or you're lost. Instead of being the executioner, you'll be the victim. And if you ever fall in love, keep that absolutely secret! Never breathe a word until you're completely sure of the person to whom you open your heart. And to protect that love, even before you feel it, learn to despise the world.
heart character maturity
What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character, about which so much has been said, are instinctive calculations for the furtherance of our own pleasures. Seeing himself now in his fine clothes, his new gloves and shoes, Eugène de Rastignac forgot his noble resolve. Youth, when it swerves toward wrong, dares not look in the mirror of conscience; maturity has already seen itself there. That is the whole difference between the two phases of life.
heart skulls sight
Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?