Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
HONORE DE BALZACA woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
More Honore de Balzac Quotes
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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Temperament is the thermometer of character.
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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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Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not.
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One hour of love has a whole life in it.
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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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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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God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
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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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A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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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 naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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