Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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

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

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 something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

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...

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,...

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...

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

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...

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...

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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...

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.

Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.