The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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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...

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...

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 young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a...

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a...

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

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

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill...

Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill...

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

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...

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...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other...

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other...

Genius is intensity

Genius is intensity

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

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

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.

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.