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“Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case.”

Quote by Honore de Balzac

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Honore de Balzac

French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

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“Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.”

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“A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.”

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“A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be to mention his mistress, if she is beautiful, to his wife.”

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“Man's condition is horrible because, no matter what form his happiness may take, it arises from some species of ignorance.”

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“To get a traveling salesman drunk is the height of impossibility.”

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“Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence.”

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“Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.”

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“Society is no more indulgent than was the God of Genesis.”

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“What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.”

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