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Famous Honore de Balzac Quotes
“Too great a display of delicacy can and does sometimes infringe upon de-cency.”
“Show me the woman, however loyal, who does not seek to rouse desire.”
“Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.”
“When attempted self-destruction does not cure a man of life, it cures him of voluntary death.”
“But does not happiness come from the soul within?”
“The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does.”
“A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.”
“Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.”
“Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.”
“The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes.”