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Honore de Balzac141 quotes“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 woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac 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.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Temperament is the thermometer of character.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Love is the poetry of the senses.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac Life cannot go on without much forgetting.
Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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