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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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...

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business...

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business...

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...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the...

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the...

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great...

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...

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion...

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

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...

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...

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

Genius is intensity

Genius is intensity

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two...

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two...

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...

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.