Honore De Balzac Quotes, Self Quotes, Self Love Quotes

The wounds of self-love turn incurable when the oxide of self-love gets into them.

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Nothing is irredeemably ugly but sin.

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Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.

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The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.

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I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.

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Sects differ more in name than tenets.

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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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The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.

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No hawk swooping down upon his prey, no stag improvising new detours by which to trick the huntsman, no dog scenting game from afar is comparable in speed to the celerity of a salesman when he gets wind a deal, to his skill in tripping up or forestalling a rival, and to the art with which he sniffs out and discovers a possible sale.

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What saves the virtue of many a woman is that protecting god, the impossible.

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But does not happiness come from the soul within?

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The weakest being on earth can accomplish feats of strength. The frailest urchin will ring every doorbell on the street in arctic weather or hoist himself aloft to inscribe his name on a virgin monument.

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Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

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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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Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret.

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Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

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Love is the most melodious of all harmonies.

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The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.

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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy--a vice which yields no return?

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I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.

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