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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Marriage Quotes

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...

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

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

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which...

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

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...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the...

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.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that...

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that...

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but...

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but...

To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we...

To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we...

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

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...

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that...

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that...

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.