The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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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...

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.

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...

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

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.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

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...

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...

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...

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world,...

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world,...

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

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...

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

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...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

He was not afraid. He jumped up on the table with a smile and said...

He was not afraid. He jumped up on the table with a smile and said...

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it....

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it....

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.