Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
HONORE DE BALZACGive to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.
HONORE DE BALZACWhen you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
HONORE DE BALZACThe secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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 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 BALZACTrue love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure.
HONORE DE BALZACNothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
HONORE DE BALZACHe who best knows the world will love it least.
HONORE DE BALZACLike 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.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.
HONORE DE BALZACAs a rule, only the poor are generous.
HONORE DE BALZACNobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
HONORE DE BALZACVice is perhaps a desire to learn everything.
HONORE DE BALZACLaw is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones.
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 BALZACOur heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
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