Tag: Honore de Balzac
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The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
Honore de Balzac
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Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.
Honore de Balzac
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What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
Honore de Balzac
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Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.
Honore de Balzac
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The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
Honore de Balzac
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Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
Honore de Balzac
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.
Honore de Balzac
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Love is the poetry of the senses.
Honore de Balzac
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Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!
Honore de Balzac
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Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn’t, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
Honore de Balzac