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Find important quotes and citations by the author Honore de Balzac.
Quote 1913
There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain.More quotes on the topics: pain tears consolation condolence familiarity friendship sense
Quote 1684
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caughtMore quotes on the topics: law injustice indifference crime
Quote 1392
Love is the poetry of the senses.Quote 1344
A mother who is really a mother is never freeMore quotes on the topics: freedom duty reality parents children
Quote 1334
It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every momentMore quotes on the topics: realization joy moment children
Quote 1304
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtuesMore quotes on the topics: forgiveness virtue love crime serenity
Quote 1173
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human raceQuote 1067
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.More quotes on the topics: discussion impossibility critism action power
Quote 962
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the otherMore quotes on the topics: friendship superiority
Quote 777
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violinQuote 776
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one womanMore quotes on the topics: marriage wisdom knowledge experience
Quote 741
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.