We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

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...

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...

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

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...

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...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

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.

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.

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...

When policy fails try thinking.

When policy fails try thinking.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like...

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like...

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.

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...

The social kiss is an exchange of insincerity between two combatants on the field of...

The social kiss is an exchange of insincerity between two combatants on the field of...

Most part of a lover's life is full of agony, anxiety, fear and grief, complaints,...

Most part of a lover's life is full of agony, anxiety, fear and grief, complaints,...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...