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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To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we...

To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we...

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...

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

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...

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...

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...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

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...

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they...

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they...

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

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

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...

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

There are many women who are happy to be married, but only a few who...

There are many women who are happy to be married, but only a few who...

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

A successful marriage is an edifice that must be rebuilt every day.

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them....

Women are considered deep - why? Because one can never discover any bottom to them....