Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the...

A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the...

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...

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

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 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...

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Genius is intensity

Genius is intensity

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...

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...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

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,...

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

He who chooses to be a master never does just enough to get by; nor...

He who chooses to be a master never does just enough to get by; nor...

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a...

If you marry a man who cheats on his wife, you'll be married to a...

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.

There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.