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Honore De Balzac Quotes

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris Picture Quote #1

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition Picture Quote #1

Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron Picture Quote #1

After all, our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation Picture Quote #1

Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness Picture Quote #1

Heaven should be kind to stupid people, for no one else can be consistently Picture Quote #1

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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation Picture Quote #1

The heart of a mother is deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always discover forgiveness Picture Quote #1

The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption Picture Quote #1

Coffee falls into the stomach... ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop... the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink Picture Quote #1

In Paris every man must have had a love affair. What woman wants something that no other woman ever wanted Picture Quote #1

The key to all sciences is unquestionably the question mark. To the word How? We owe most of our greatest discoveries. Wisdom in life may perhaps consist in asking ourselves on all occasions: why? Picture Quote #1

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Love is the reduction of the universe to the single being, and the expansion of a single being, even to God Picture Quote #1

We flew back home like swallows. ‘Is it happiness that makes us so light?’ Agathe asked Picture Quote #1

A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers Picture Quote #1

Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such are the theologic virtues of marriage Picture Quote #1

Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue Picture Quote #1

Love may be the fairest gem which Society has filched from Nature; but what is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome mood? A smile has dried my tears Picture Quote #1

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They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them Picture Quote #1

Genius is answerable only to itself; it is the sole judge of the means, since it alone knows the end; thus genius must consider itself as above the law, for it is the task of genius to remake the law; moreover the man who frees himself from his time and place may take everything, hazard everything, for everything is his by right Picture Quote #1

Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness Picture Quote #1

It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing Picture Quote #1

Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones Picture Quote #1

The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does Picture Quote #1

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Love is the only way on which even the dim-witted reaches certain heights Picture Quote #1

France is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same Picture Quote #1

In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it Picture Quote #1

Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer Â” Death has never forsaken any man Picture Quote #1

A mother’s life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears Picture Quote #1

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, Picture Quote #1

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The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron (Honore De Balzac Quotes) After all, our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Heaven should be kind to stupid people, for no one else can be consistently (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The heart of a mother is deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always discover forgiveness (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Coffee falls into the stomach... ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop... the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink (Honore De Balzac Quotes) In Paris every man must have had a love affair. What woman wants something that no other woman ever wanted (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The key to all sciences is unquestionably the question mark. To the word How? We owe most of our greatest discoveries. Wisdom in life may perhaps consist in asking ourselves on all occasions: why? (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Love is the reduction of the universe to the single being, and the expansion of a single being, even to God (Honore De Balzac Quotes) We flew back home like swallows. ‘Is it happiness that makes us so light?’ Agathe asked (Honore De Balzac Quotes) A careful observation of Nature will disclose pleasantries of superb irony. She has for instance placed toads close to flowers (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such are the theologic virtues of marriage (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Love may be the fairest gem which Society has filched from Nature; but what is motherhood save Nature in her most gladsome mood? A smile has dried my tears (Honore De Balzac Quotes) They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Genius is answerable only to itself; it is the sole judge of the means, since it alone knows the end; thus genius must consider itself as above the law, for it is the task of genius to remake the law; moreover the man who frees himself from his time and place may take everything, hazard everything, for everything is his by right (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness. (Honore De Balzac Quotes) It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing. (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does. (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Love is the only way on which even the dim-witted reaches certain heights (Honore De Balzac Quotes) France is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same (Honore De Balzac Quotes) In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer Â” Death has never forsaken any man (Honore De Balzac Quotes) A mother’s life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears. (Honore De Balzac Quotes) True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, ... (Honore De Balzac Quotes)

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