Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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

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

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

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...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to...

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

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...

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

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

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it...

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of...

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of...

When policy fails try thinking.

When policy fails try thinking.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity...

If I had a choice of educating my daughters or my sons because of opportunity...

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning...

A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning...