When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Women Quotes

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...

They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...

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

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love...

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love...

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which...

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which...

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that...

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that...

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...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

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

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

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

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.

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule....

A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule....

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.