Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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The more one judges, the less one loves... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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There is something great and terrible about suicide... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Power is action.. view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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The man as he converses is the lover.. view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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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... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom.. view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Finance, like time, devours its own children... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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