“A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.”
— Honore de Balzac
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The life of a man who deliberately
“The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.”
— Honore de Balzac
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All humanity is passion; without passion, religion,
“All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.”
— Honore de Balzac
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Love has its own instinct, finding the
“Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.”
— Honore de Balzac
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There is no such thing as a
“There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.”
— Honore de Balzac
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It is easier to be a lover
“It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.”
— Honore de Balzac
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always
“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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Children, dear and loving children, can alone
“Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.”
— Honore de Balzac
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion,
“Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.”
— Honore de Balzac
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Equality may perhaps be a right, but
“Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.”
— Honore de Balzac
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Women are tenacious, and all of them
“Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.”
— Honore de Balzac
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