Honore de Balzac

Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#itself #love #may #ought #reveal

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#broker #human #human race #i #i do

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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A mother who is really a mother is never free. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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Modesty is the conscience of the body. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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There is something great and terrible about suicide. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#face #knows #loves #man #open