Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his...

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but...

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but...

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we...

To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we...

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

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

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

They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...

They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect...

Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect...

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

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

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured,...

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured,...

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.