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

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

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...

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 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...

There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in the...

There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in the...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not...

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

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

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

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

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

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

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

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

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.

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.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect..

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect..

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but...

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...

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

I want to see you shoot the way you shout

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend...

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend...

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with...

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with...