Author: Honore de Balzac

Quotes

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 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

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

- Honore de Balzac

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.

- Honore de Balzac

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

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

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

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

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