How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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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Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.
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Noble hearts are neither jealous nor afraid because jealousy spells doubt and fear spells pettiness.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
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A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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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.
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Life is simply what out feelings do to us.
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A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.
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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.
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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