Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Power Quotes

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no...

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no...

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on...

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on...

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

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.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

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 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...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

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...

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused...

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused...

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

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

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...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

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.

Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.

Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.