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Famous Honore de Balzac Quotes
“Life cannot go on without much forgetting.”
Source: Cousin Bette
“God reveals Himself, unfailingly, to the solitary, thoughtful seeker”
“For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.”
Source: The Commission in Lunacy
“Are not our noblest feelings as it were the poems of our will.”
“Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.”
“Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.”
Source: The Physiology of Marriage
“The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes.”
Source: The Country Doctor: Works of Balzac