When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

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A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on...

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on...

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...

Genius is intensity

Genius is intensity

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous...

If certain women walk straight into adultery, there are many others who cling to numerous...

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...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

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.

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they...

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they...

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

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...

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

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.

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.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they...

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they...

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.