To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we suffer

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Men And Women Quotes

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

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

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...

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

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.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no...

Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no...

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to...

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to...

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...

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...

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.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.