Author: Honore de Balzac

Quotes

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

- Honore de Balzac

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

- Honore de Balzac

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

- Honore de Balzac

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

- Honore de Balzac

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

- Honore de Balzac

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

- Honore de Balzac

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

- Honore de Balzac

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.

- Honore de Balzac

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

- Honore de Balzac

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