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

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love... 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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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Thought is a key to all treasures.. view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman.. view

By: Honore de Balzac

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An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?.. view

By: Honore de Balzac

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The country is provincial.. view

By: Honore de Balzac

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Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought... view

By: Honore de Balzac

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