French - Novelist | May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
Honore de Balzac
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
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Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which they weary themselves.
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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.
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Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.
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Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
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Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.
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Love or hatred must constantly increase between two persons who are always together; every moment fresh reasons are found for loving or hating better.
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
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We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
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Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.
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Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
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