Honore de Balzac

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.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

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.

Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from?
[Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles read more

Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from?
[Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles Parisiennes?]