Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true. - Honore de Balzac - Quotesmemo.com

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Honore de Balzac

Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.

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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.

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If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.

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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.

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When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.

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Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

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Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories

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