For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect..

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect..

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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

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

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

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

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...

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a...

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a...