It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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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...

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but...

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but...

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

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...

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

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

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 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...

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...

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

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.

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...

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her...

Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her...

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...

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows...

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the...

Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the...

Time is the mother and mugger of us all

Time is the mother and mugger of us all