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Been Quotes by Honore de Balzac
- A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over.
- Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment…
- The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because…
- [Raphael's] great superiority is due to the instinctive sense which, in him, seems to desire to shatter form. Form is, in his figures, what it…
- With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect to…
- God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.
- What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character,…
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