“White hair often covers the head, but the heart that holds it is ever young.”
Source: The Lily of the Valley
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Famous Honore de Balzac Quotes
Source: The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin
“Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts.”
“Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.”
“Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.”
“You cannot pluck love out of your heart as you would pull a tooth.”
“The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.”
Source: Father Goriot
Source: Old Goriot: Classic French Literature
“Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts.”
Source: Cousin Bette
“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
Source: A Woman of Thirty: Works of Balzac
“Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?”
“Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.”
Source: Father Goriot
“He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.”
“Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.”
“Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.”