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 young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a...

A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a...

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...

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the...

A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the...

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...

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.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you...

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you...

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without...

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without...

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to...

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

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

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...

When policy fails try thinking.

When policy fails try thinking.

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

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

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Love is a game in which one always cheats.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that...

The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that...

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a...

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a...