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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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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...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

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...

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the...

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

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.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

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

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

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

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...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.