63 quotes by Honore de Balzac

“But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.” — Honore de Balzac

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“Power is action the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.” — Honore de Balzac

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“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.” — Honore de Balzac

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“Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect without esteem they cannot exist esteem is the first demand that they make of love.” — Honore de Balzac

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“There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.” — Honore de Balzac

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“Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?” — Honore de Balzac

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“Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.” — 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

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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.” — Honore de Balzac

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“A young bride is like a plucked flower but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.” — Honore de Balzac

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“Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.” — Honore de Balzac

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“The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.” — 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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