Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

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,...

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.

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...

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

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

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

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...

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...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal...

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...

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...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of...

Courage is the fire that burns in the cold,dark room of fear and doubt that...

Courage is the fire that burns in the cold,dark room of fear and doubt that...

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape

Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you,...

Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you,...