Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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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,...

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

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...

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...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

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...

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

When policy fails try thinking.

When policy fails try thinking.

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...

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

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

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

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they...

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they...

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

The first duty of love is to listen.

The first duty of love is to listen.

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...

In the streets and in society I am almost invariably cheap and dissipated, my life...