Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

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.

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you...

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without...

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without...

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.

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her...

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her...

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get...

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

Nature is a hanging judge

Nature is a hanging judge

Love is a universal migraine A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.

Love is a universal migraine A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.