Author: Honore de Balzac

Quotes

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

- 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

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

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

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

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.

- Honore de Balzac

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

- 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 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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