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Famous Honore de Balzac Quotes
“Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret.”
“Marriage must perforce fight against the all-devouring monster of habit.”
“Possibly the words materialism and spirituality express two sides of one and the same fact.”
“Paris, like every pretty woman, is subject to inexplicable whims of beauty and ugliness.”
“Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.”
“At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise.”
“Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise.”
“The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.”
“Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves.”
“What saves the virtue of many a woman is that protecting god, the impossible.”