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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to...

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to...

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that...

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that...

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion...

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion...

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.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after...

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after...

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other...

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other...

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

Freedom doesnt mean an absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the...

Freedom doesnt mean an absence of all restrictions. It means possessing unshakable conviction in the...

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures

A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures