Tag: Honore de Balzac
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Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.
Honore de Balzac
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Honore de Balzac
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Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
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Finance, like time, devours its own children.
Honore de Balzac
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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.
Honore de Balzac
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
Honore de Balzac
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It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
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A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.
Honore de Balzac
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First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
Honore de Balzac