It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be one; society does not exist on moral ideas only

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Ideas Quotes, Society Quotes

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...

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other...

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other...

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...

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...

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

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...

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...

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...

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get...

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get...

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.

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate...

Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate...

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

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 mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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

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

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

Some people never say the words 'I love you'. It's not their style to be...

Some people never say the words 'I love you'. It's not their style to be...

It is only now that I understand that Love would have no competence without this...

It is only now that I understand that Love would have no competence without this...