Tag: Honore de Balzac
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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
Honore de Balzac
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
Honore de Balzac
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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
Honore de Balzac
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No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.
Honore de Balzac
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I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.
Honore de Balzac
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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man’s entire existence.
Honore de Balzac
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Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better.
Honore de Balzac
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One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
Honore de Balzac
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
Honore de Balzac
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A mother who is really a mother is never free.
Honore de Balzac