What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more

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.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

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...

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...

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

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

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

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

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

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of...

Power is the capacity to distort information

Power is the capacity to distort information

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...

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up...

It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up...

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...

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.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with...

Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the...

Don't cry when the sun is gone, because the tears won't let you see the...

People say life is short, but apart from de-compose what do you do that takes...

People say life is short, but apart from de-compose what do you do that takes...