Honore De Balzac Quotes, Passion Quotes, Law Quotes

Passions are no more forgiving than human laws and they reason more justly. Are they not based on a conscience of their own, infallible as an instinct?

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Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.

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Bankers are lynxes. To expect any gratitude from them is equivalent to attempting to move the wolves of the Ukraine to pity in the middle of winter.

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Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.

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The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.

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A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all other things being equal), when another patient tended by hirelings will die. Doctors decline to see unconscious magnestism in this phenomenon; for them it is the result of intelligent nursing, of exact obedience to their orders; but many a mother knows the virtue of such ardent projections of strong, unceasing prayer.

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With monuments as with men, position means everything.

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Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.

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A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other.

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Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

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Love is the only way on which even the dim-witted reaches certain heights.

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A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.

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Marriage must perforce fight against the all-devouring monster of habit.

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It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome.

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The day will dawn when Europe will believe only in the man who tramples her underfoot.

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In the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become like women; their thoughts can revolve around the minor facts of life and penetrate their hidden meaning.

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Remorse is impotent; it will repeat its faults. Repentance only is a true force; it puts an end to everything.

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It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.

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Old maids claw as cats do. They not only inflict wounds but experience pleasure in doing so. Nor will they fail to remind their victims of the blood drawn.

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Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing.

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