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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Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

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...

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

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.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love...

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love...

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment...

Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment...

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...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the...

A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the...

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...

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.

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like...

But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like...

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...

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...