Author: Honore de Balzac

Quotes

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

- 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

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

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

- Honore de Balzac

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

- Honore de Balzac

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

- Honore de Balzac

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

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

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