Temperament is the thermometer of character.
HONORE DE BALZACLaw is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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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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At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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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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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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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.
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The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.
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Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
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Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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