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.
HONORE DE BALZACA mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.
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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons – the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
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The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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True lovers know how trifling a thing is money yet how difficult to blend with love!
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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Art’s greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
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