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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

French writer

Lived from: 1799 - 1850

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 20 may 1799 Died: 18 august 1850

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  • Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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  • Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
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  • The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
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  • The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
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  • The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
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  • The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
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  • To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
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  • To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.
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  • Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
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  • We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
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  • When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even out virtues.
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  • You may imitate, but never counterfeit.
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