Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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Economized love is never real love

Economized love is never real love

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

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 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's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender,...

A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender,...

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...

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up...

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up...

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 is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion...

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion...

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...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

When policy fails try thinking.

When policy fails try thinking.

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.

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...

I am my beloved, and my beloved is me

I am my beloved, and my beloved is me

You can shed tears that she is gone, or you can smile because she has...

You can shed tears that she is gone, or you can smile because she has...