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

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.

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather...

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

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

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

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

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.

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the...

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the...

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

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

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

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

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...

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

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

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

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...

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...

I may not be your first love, first kiss, first sight, or first date but...

I may not be your first love, first kiss, first sight, or first date but...

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable.