Author: Honore de Balzac

Quotes

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

- Honore de Balzac

One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

- 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

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

- 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

Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.

Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.

- 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

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 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

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