Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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What is art? Nature concentrated.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

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

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

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...

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect..

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect..

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule....

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule....

Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no...

Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no...

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

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...

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.

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...

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment...

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another...

It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another...

Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat...

Careful?! Was my mother careful when she stabbed me in the heart with a coat...