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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Love Quotes

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

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...

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

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...

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...

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the...

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the...

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his...

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his...

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate...

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate...

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Courage is the fire that burns in the cold,dark room of fear and doubt that...

Courage is the fire that burns in the cold,dark room of fear and doubt that...

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...

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.

Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.

Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.

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...

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...

I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear - Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round...

I mean enormous pressure was brought to bear - Valerie Amos, Lady Amos, went round...

We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to...

We ought to recognize that we have an offensive responsibility to take the war to...

During emergencies learned ones make efforts using their intelligence.

During emergencies learned ones make efforts using their intelligence.