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Honore De Balzac quotes: Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case. Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
Honore De Balzac quotes: To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
Honore De Balzac quotes: When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but they are never reasoned. When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but they are never reasoned.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune. Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.
Honore De Balzac quotes: God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven. God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
Honore De Balzac quotes: An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity. An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.
Honore De Balzac quotes: The greater a man's talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy. The greater a man's talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament. Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing. Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings. Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
Honore De Balzac quotes: One exits with one's husband one lives with one's lover. One exits with one's husband
one lives with one's lover.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Where poverty ceases, avarice begins. Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
Honore De Balzac quotes: For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life. For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life.
Honore De Balzac quotes: With monuments as with men, position means everything. With monuments as with men, position means everything.
Honore De Balzac quotes: As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative. As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
Honore De Balzac quotes: God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven. God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.
Honore De Balzac quotes: What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude. What makes friendship indissolute and what doubles its charms is a feeling we find lacking in love: I mean certitude.
Honore De Balzac quotes: By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate. By resorting to self-resignation, the unfortunate consummate.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance. Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.
Honore De Balzac quotes: When we drink coffee, ideas march in like the army When we drink coffee, ideas march in like the army
Honore De Balzac quotes: A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers. A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities. Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Love is the only passion which suffers neither past nor future. Love is the only passion which suffers neither past nor future.
Honore De Balzac quotes: A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. 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 quotes: In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only. In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Well, then, this Loriot, who sold corn to those butchers, has never had but one passion, they say - he idolizes his daughters. Well, then, this Loriot, who sold corn to those butchers, has never had but one passion, they say - he idolizes his daughters.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Fathers must always be giving if they would be happy themselves; always giving - they would not be fathers else. Fathers must always be giving if they would be happy themselves; always giving - they would not be fathers else.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Life is a business transaction. Life is a business transaction.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Love is precisely to the moral nature what the sun is to the earth. Love is precisely to the moral nature what the sun is to the earth.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Despotism accomplishes great things illegally; liberty doesn't even go to the trouble of accomplishing small things legally. Despotism accomplishes great things illegally; liberty doesn't even go to the trouble of accomplishing small things legally.
Honore De Balzac quotes: An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities. An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Love is the poetry of the senses! Love is the poetry of the senses!
Honore De Balzac quotes: And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink. And he, like many jaded people, had few pleasures left in life save good food and drink.
Honore De Balzac quotes: What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended? What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
Honore De Balzac quotes: Our most natural feelings are those we are loath to confess, and fatuity is among them. Our most natural feelings are those we are loath to confess, and fatuity is among them.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Every compartment in his brain which he had thought to find so full of wit was bolted fast; he grew positively stupid. Every compartment in his brain which he had thought to find so full of wit was bolted fast; he grew positively stupid.
Honore De Balzac quotes: My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts. My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity. Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity.
Honore De Balzac quotes: We are scarcely apt to berate the source of enjoyment. We are scarcely apt to berate the source of enjoyment.
Honore De Balzac quotes: It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one. It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true. Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Sects differ more in name than tenets. Sects differ more in name than tenets.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes. Good befalls us while we sleep, sometimes.
Honore De Balzac quotes: The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Finance, like time, devours its own children. Finance, like time, devours its own children.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences. Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.
Honore De Balzac quotes: The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true
Honore De Balzac quotes: As a rule, only the poor are generous. As a rule, only the poor are generous.
Honore De Balzac quotes: No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect. No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect.
Honore De Balzac quotes: A woman must be a genius to create a good husband. A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Few men are raised in our estimation by being too closely examined. Few men are raised in our estimation by being too closely examined.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Believe everything you hear said of the world; nothing is too impossibly bad. Believe everything you hear said of the world; nothing is too impossibly bad.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling. Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural feeling.
Honore De Balzac quotes: During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo. During the great storms of our lives we imitate those captains who jettison their weightiest cargo.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the male bird. Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the male bird.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Christianity and monarchy are twin principles. Christianity and monarchy are twin principles.
Honore De Balzac quotes: The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness
Honore De Balzac quotes: Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream. Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable. Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Several sorts of memory exist in us; body and mind each possesses one peculiar to itself. Nostalgia, for instance, is a malady of the physical memory. Several sorts of memory exist in us; body and mind each possesses one peculiar to itself. Nostalgia, for instance, is a malady of the physical memory.
Honore De Balzac quotes: An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
Honore De Balzac quotes: A married woman is a slave whom one must put on a throne. A married woman is a slave whom one must put on a throne.
Honore De Balzac quotes: True love rules especially through memory. True love rules especially through memory.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Every day, before our eyes, a moral phenomenon of amazing profundity takes place which is, nevertheless, so simple as never to be noticed. Every day, before our eyes, a moral phenomenon of amazing profundity takes place which is, nevertheless, so simple as never to be noticed.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole. Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Reading brings us unknown friends Reading brings us unknown friends
Honore De Balzac quotes: The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition. The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.
Honore De Balzac quotes: A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her. A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
Honore De Balzac quotes: The more one judges, the less one loves. The more one judges, the less one loves.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers. Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers.
Honore De Balzac quotes: For a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea For a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea
Honore De Balzac quotes: No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife. No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
Honore De Balzac quotes: For she was invaded by a kind of love which every girl has gone through - the love of the unknown, love in its vaguest form, For she was invaded by a kind of love which every girl has gone through - the love of the unknown, love in its vaguest form,
Honore De Balzac quotes: Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine. Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself and death is his last crown
Honore De Balzac quotes: So an honest man is the common enemy. So an honest man is the common enemy.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Life cannot go on without a great deal of forgetting. Life cannot go on without a great deal of forgetting.
Honore De Balzac quotes: He who best knows the world will love it least. He who best knows the world will love it least.
Honore De Balzac quotes: One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy. One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy.
Honore De Balzac quotes: To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two? To man, faith; to woman, doubt. She bears the heavier burden. Does not woman invariably suffer for two?
Honore De Balzac quotes: Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts. Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Poverty has in its favour an exquisite sleep filled with beautiful dreams. Poverty has in its favour an exquisite sleep filled with beautiful dreams.
Honore De Balzac quotes: In love, what a woman mistakes for disgust is actually clearsightedness. If she does not admire a man, she scorns him. In love, what a woman mistakes for disgust is actually clearsightedness. If she does not admire a man, she scorns him.
Honore De Balzac quotes: All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.
Honore De Balzac quotes: When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
Honore De Balzac quotes: In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it. In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it.
Honore De Balzac quotes: A mother who is really a mother is never free. A mother who is really a mother is never free.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Your modest savant smiles as he says to his admirers: What have I done? Nothing. Man does not invent a force, he directs it. Your modest savant smiles as he says to his admirers: What have I done? Nothing. Man does not invent a force, he directs it.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself. Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Instead of inspiring the gallant attentions which other women seek, she made men dream, Instead of inspiring the gallant attentions which other women seek, she made men dream,
Honore De Balzac quotes: Our Father in heaven is surely on the side of fathers on earth who love their children. Our Father in heaven is surely on the side of fathers on earth who love their children.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything. Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Love which economizes is never true love. Love which economizes is never true love.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors. Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.
Honore De Balzac quotes: A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct. A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
Honore De Balzac quotes: My further advice on your relations to women is based upon that other motto of chivalry, Serve all, love one. My further advice on your relations to women is based upon that other motto of chivalry, Serve all, love one.
Honore De Balzac quotes: Love knows nothing of modesty. Love knows nothing of modesty.
Honore De Balzac quotes: They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them. They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them.
Honore De Balzac quotes: We do not wish success yet we obtain it. Always we find what we are not looking for. These words are too true not to become a proverb some day. We do not wish success yet we obtain it. Always we find what we are not looking for. These words are too true not to become a proverb some day.

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