With monuments as with men, position means everything. Honore de Balzac More Quotes by Honore de Balzac More Quotes From Honore de Balzac In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents. Honore de Balzac familyjudgingchildren Modesty is the conscience of the body. Honore de Balzac modestybodyhumility Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation. Honore de Balzac anticipationworrylying The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. Honore de Balzac mottochivalrylove If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye. Honore de Balzac eyehandsart Love is the poetry of the senses. Honore de Balzac valentines-dayvalentines-daylove A mother who is really a mother is never free. Honore de Balzac parenthoodmothers-dayparenting Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant. Honore de Balzac good-frenchparisdoe The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed. Honore de Balzac crimesecretloss We love because we love. Honore de Balzac love-islove Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences. Honore de Balzac marriagefeelingsmen Little minds find satisfaction for their feelings, good or bad, in little things. Honore de Balzac feel-goodmindfeelings Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man. Honore de Balzac gratitudeheartmen Love, according to our contemporary poets, is a privilege which two beings confer upon one another, whereby they may mutually cause one another much sorrow over absolutely nothing. Honore de Balzac sorrowlovetwo A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Honore de Balzac good-morningmarriageinspirational Resignation is a daily suicide. Honore de Balzac resignationsuicide Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it. Honore de Balzac simpleloveart To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect. Honore de Balzac joining-injoininglaughter What is art? Nature concentrated. Honore de Balzac natureliteratureart First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. Honore de Balzac funny-lovefirst-lovelove-is
