Love is the poetry of the senses.
HONORE DE BALZACWomen, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.
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Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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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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All human power is a compound of time and patience.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
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The more you judge, the less you love.
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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