Honore de Balzac ( 10 of 31 )
Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in read more
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her.
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Cruelty and fear shake hands together
Cruelty and fear shake hands together
Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.
Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.
It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the read more
It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the dishes
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.
Finance, like time, devours its own children.
Finance, like time, devours its own children.