Honore De Balzac Quotes, Philosophical Quotes, Journey Quotes

Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks, how he walks, if he has ever walked, if he could walk better, what he achieves in walking .. questions that are tied to all the philosophical, psychological, and political systems which preoccupy the world.

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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.

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Like evil, sublimity is also contagious.

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Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.

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All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive joy or sorrow.

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Marriage is a fight to the death, before which the wedded couple ask a blessing from heaven, because it is the rashest of all undertakings to swear eternal love; the fight at once commences and victory, that is to say liberty, remains in the hands of the cleverer of the two.

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Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice.

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

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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.

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I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.

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Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.

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Women are happy to possess a man whom all women covet.

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A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

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The prodigality of millionaires is comparable only to their greed of gain. Let some whim or passion seize them and money is of no account. In fact these Croesuses find whims and passions harder to come by than gold.

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The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

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There is nothing original; all is reflected light.

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Le coeur d'une me' re est un ab|"me au fond duquel se trouve toujours un pardon. A mother'sheart isanabyss atthebottomof whichthere is always forgiveness.

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Pure herring oil is the port wine of English cats

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Modern reformers offer nebulous theories or write philanthropic novels. But your thief acts! He is as clear as a fact and as logical as a punch on the nose! And what a style he has!

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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy--a vice which yields no return?

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