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

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...

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that...

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that...

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured,...

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured,...

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...

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

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...

We all know interspecies romance is weird.

We all know interspecies romance is weird.

A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished.

A man in love is incomplete until he is married. Then he's finished.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.