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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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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...

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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

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

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get...

Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get...

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 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,...

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

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...

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

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.

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.

To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

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...

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the...

It is the people who can do nothing who find nothing to do, and the...

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our...

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our...