Quotes by Balzac, Honore De

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. >>

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, o >>

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation. >>

Quotations about Marriage

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclina >>

Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tin >>

Marriage is the operation by which a woman's vanity and a man's egotis >>

A woman must be a genius to create a good husband.

Balzac, Honore De