It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

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.

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...

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after...

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

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

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

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be...

It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be...

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

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

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.

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...

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the...

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the...

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...

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...