More from Honore de Balzac
The more one judges, the less one loves.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac 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.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Liberty begets anarchy, anarchy leads to despotism, and despotism brings about liberty once again. Millions of human beings have perished without being able to make any of these systems triumph.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac 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 BalzacHonore de Balzac Forgetting is the great secret of strong and creative lives.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac
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Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.
Jack KornfieldJack Kornfield The only way to live free, the only way to live your life as an offering of love, is to feel everything fully and live open.
David DeidaDavid Deida There is magic in knocking down your most important domino day after day. All you have to do is avoid breaking the chain, one day at a time, until you generate a powerful new habit in your life.
Gary KellerGary Keller Role models are only of limited use. For no-one is as important, potentially powerful and as key in your life and world as you.
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Mitch AlbomMitch Albom The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.
Martha GrahamMartha Graham Life dosent frighten me at all.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes By giving yourself to God, You not only receive Himself in exchange, but eternal life as well.
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