Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without...

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without...

When policy fails try thinking.

When policy fails try thinking.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like...

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like...

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to...

Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to...

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.

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...

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 has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect...

Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect...

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...

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused...

Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused...

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...

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two...

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two...

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...

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...

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares....

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares....

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

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...

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...