The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband. — Honore de Balzac Husband Copy Share Image
No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Prostitution and robbery are two living protests, respectively female and male, made by the natural state against the social state. — Honore de Balzac Female Copy Share Image
A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. — Honore de Balzac Anatomy Copy Share Image
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman. — Honore de Balzac Beauty Copy Share Image
Our souls possess the unknown power of extending as well as contracting space. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A girl's coquetry is of the simplest, she thinks that all is said when the veil is laid aside; a woman's coquetry… — Honore de Balzac Coquetry Copy Share Image
Nothing is unimportant to a man plunged in despair. He is as credulous as a criminal sentenced to death who listens to… — Honore de Balzac Credulous Copy Share Image
All happiness depends on courage and work. I have had many periods of wretchedness, but with energy and above all with illusions,… — Honore de Balzac Courage Copy Share Image
Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to… — Honore de Balzac Art Copy Share Image
The causes that govern the heart appear to be wholly alien to the results achieved. Are the forces that moved a desperate… — Honore de Balzac Aliens Copy Share Image
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and… — Honore de Balzac Enemies Copy Share Image
Marriage is a fierce battle before which the two partners ask heaven for its blessing, because loving each other is the most… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
In Paris, the greatest expression of personal satisfaction known to man is the smirk on the face of a male, highly pleased… — Honore de Balzac Boudoir Copy Share Image
A man who stops at nothing short of the law is very clever indeed! — Honore de Balzac Clever Copy Share Image
An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity. — Honore de Balzac Courage Copy Share Image
Marriage must perforce fight against the all-devouring monster of habit. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Love is the only passion which suffers neither past nor future. — Honore de Balzac Love Copy Share Image
No husband will ever be better avenged than by his wife's lover. — Honore de Balzac Husband Copy Share Image
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine. — Honore De Balzac Copy Share Image
Equality may be the law, but no human power can install it. — Honore de Balzac Equality Copy Share Image
The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome. — Honore de Balzac Lying Copy Share Image
