By : Honore de Balzac 0 Likes
What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?
By : Honore de Balzac
A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.
By : Honore de Balzac
To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
By : Honore de Balzac
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
By : Honore de Balzac
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!
By : Honore de Balzac