In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
HONORE DE BALZACHope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous.
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
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Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
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No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love.
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Love is the poetry of the senses.
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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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Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.
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Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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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.
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Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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