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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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

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

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it...

Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it...

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his...

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his...

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...

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.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

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

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

Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect...

Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect...

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...

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...

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...

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on...

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on...

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...

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.

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are...

Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are...

Even in your home, nobody dies of smoke inhalation, they die of carbon monoxide.

Even in your home, nobody dies of smoke inhalation, they die of carbon monoxide.