“He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.”
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Famous Honore de Balzac Quotes
“Rare is the man who suffers no remorse as he passes from the state of confidant to that of rival.”
“The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.”
“Men are perfectly willing to abandon a woman but they refuse to be abandoned by her.”
“Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.”
“To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.”
“Everybody all over the world takes a wife's estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.”
“The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.”
Source: The Physiology of Marriage and Pierre Grassou
“A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.”
Source: The Muse of the Department
“For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.”
“Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.”