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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: First Love Quotes, Love Quotes

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...

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his...

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

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...

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...

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...

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill...

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill...

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

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...

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that...

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that...

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it

The less power a man has, the more he likes to use it

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown

It is in the ability to deceive oneself that the greatest talent is shown