What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Communication, Marriage, Romance, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Love, Spirituality, Wisdom, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Women are as they are; they necessarily have the defects of their virtues. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Defects, Femininity, Virtues, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Creation, Exploration, Reflection, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
To feel, to love, to suffer, to devote herself, will always be the text of the life of woman. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Devotion, Feelings, Love, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
One of the most detestable habits of Lilliputian minds is to find their own littleness in others. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Comparison, Insecurity, Judgement, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Connection, Devotion, Love, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Love and work have the virtues of making a man pretty indifferent to anything else. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Indifference, Love, Work, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Do not take up cause against the inaccuracies printed about you. They are your protection. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
