Honore de Balzac Quotes

French - Novelist | May 20, 1799 - August 18, 1850

Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.

Honore de Balzac

FriendshipFriendNothingBeliefHe

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

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ChildrenTimeFinanceOwnLike

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

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MorePleasureUpPearlsBringThan

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

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ColorsExistencePursueWholeBleed

It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.

Honore de Balzac

LoveMusicTimeWomanManPlay

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

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ManColorExistenceVocationEntire

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

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PassionWomanResistanceOriginal

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

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WomanManDatingAnatomyMarryHe

Love is the poetry of the senses.

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LoveLove IsPoetrySenses

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

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WordsFlowSureSignDuplicity

Modesty is the conscience of the body.

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BodyModestyConscience

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

Honore de Balzac

HusbandWayFirstAlwaysMistress

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