To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Men are perfectly willing to abandon a woman but they refuse to be abandoned by her. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
When attempted self-destruction does not cure a man of life, it cures him of voluntary death. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I yield to your wishes. It is the privilege of the women whom we love more than they love us to make… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Man's condition is horrible because, no matter what form his happiness may take, it arises from some species of ignorance. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Marriageable girls as well as mothers understand the terms and perils of the lottery called wedlock. That is why women weep at… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Yes, I can understand that a man might go to gambling table - when he sees that all that lies between himself… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken… — 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 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 Copy Share Image
A wife is property that one acquires by contract, she is transferable, because possession of her requires title; in fact, woman is,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
In Paris, when certain people see you ready to set your foot in the stirrup, some pull your coat-tails, others loosen the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Un homme n'a jamais pu e lever sa ma|"tresse jusqu'a' lui; mais une femme place toujours son amant aussi haut qu'elle. A… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Science is the language of the temporal world; love is that of the spiritual world. Man, indeed, describes more than he explains;… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
He hesitated till the last moment, but finally dropped them in the box, saying, "I shall win!"--the cry of a gambler, the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The response man has the greatest difficulty in tolerating is pity, especially when he warrants it. Hatred is a tonic, it makes… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
One day, about the middle of July 1838, one of the carriages, lately introduced to Paris cabstands, and known as Milords, was… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
According to man's environment, society has made as many different types of men as there are varieties in zoology. The differences between… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Ambitious men spend their youth in rendering themselves worthy of patronage; it is their great mistake. While the foolish creatures are laying… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Few men are raised in our estimation by being too closely examined. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
In smart society men are jealous of one another after the fashion of women. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A man who stops at nothing short of the law is very clever indeed! — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The Parisan, sauntering the streets idly, is as often a man in despair as a lounger. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Oh, my friend, when you love, love a woman whom you are sure that you can love always. Never forsake a woman.” — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
“You have broken the ice, though you have not even scratched its glossy surface: you have placed your hand upon the croup of the… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Foppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
