Parenting Quotes by Honoré de Balzac

The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.

— Honore de Balzac

The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.

— Honore de Balzac

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

— Honore de Balzac

“For a father it is hell to be without your children;”

— Honoré de Balzac

“Our Father in heaven is surely on the side of fathers on earth who love their children.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“Parent may hinder their children's marriage; but children cannot interfere with the insane acts of their parents in their second childhood.”

— Honoré de Balzac

Your women of fashion ceases to be a woman. She is neither mother, nor wife, nor lover. She is, medically speaking, sex…

— Honore de Balzac

A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has…

— Honore de Balzac

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond…

— Honore de Balzac

Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable.

— Honore de Balzac

Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality,…

— Honore de Balzac

In a husband, there is only a man; in a married woman, there is a man, a father, a mother and a…

— Honore de Balzac

How fondly swindlers coddle their dupes! No mother is as caressing or thoughtful towards her adored child as a merchant in hypocrisy…

— Honore de Balzac

“Only just now she said to me, ‘I am very happy, papa!’ When they say ‘father’ stiffly, it sends a chill through…

— Honoré de Balzac

It is easier for a woman to be a good wife than a good mother. A widow has two duties with contrary…

— Honore de Balzac

Ah! how much a mother learns from her child! The constant protection of a helpless being forces us to so strict an…

— Honore de Balzac

“Yes, it is time I was dead; there is nothing left me to do but to die. I am no good in…

— Honoré de Balzac

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

“Fathers must always be giving if they would be happy themselves; always giving — they would not be fathers else.”

— Honoré de Balzac

It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no…

— Honore de Balzac

Self-love is as protective as the Deity; Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon; Experience is as provident as a mother. Such…

— Honore de Balzac

Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!

— Honore de Balzac

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

— Honore de Balzac

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

— Honore de Balzac