Honore de Balzac Quotes on love

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.

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The more one judges, the less one loves.

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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.

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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes

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The man as he converses is the lover

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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.

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Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

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A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second

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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.

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Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together

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Love is the poetry of the senses.

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