Those who spend too fast never grow rich.
HONORE DE BALZACThose who spend too fast never grow rich.
HONORE DE BALZACThe man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
HONORE DE BALZACHow sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
HONORE DE BALZACNothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
HONORE DE BALZACOur heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.
HONORE DE BALZACPower is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
HONORE DE BALZACThe more you judge, the less you love.
HONORE DE BALZACCourtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
HONORE DE BALZACWhen Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.
HONORE DE BALZACGratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.
HONORE DE BALZACLove is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.
HONORE DE BALZACEvents are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
HONORE DE BALZACCruelty and fear shake hands together.
HONORE DE BALZACMany people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
HONORE DE BALZACIn diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
HONORE DE BALZACAs a rule, only the poor are generous.
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