To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
HONORE DE BALZACTo be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
HONORE DE BALZACIn diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
HONORE DE BALZACThe press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
HONORE DE BALZACPoverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality, to the world and to life.
HONORE DE BALZACIt 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.
HONORE DE BALZACWomen are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
HONORE DE BALZACA mother who is really a mother is never free.
HONORE DE BALZACHe has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
HONORE DE BALZACA naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
HONORE DE BALZACOne hour of love has a whole life in it.
HONORE DE BALZACCan 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.
HONORE DE BALZACA woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
HONORE DE BALZACThe more you judge, the less you love.
HONORE DE BALZACThe greater a man’s talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.
HONORE DE BALZACThe first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
HONORE DE BALZACOur worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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