First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Love Quotes

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...

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

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...

Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.

Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

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

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

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

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...

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...

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...

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather...

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather...

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

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...

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...

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...

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 man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he...

The man who can smile when things go wrong has thought of someone else he...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...