Quotes by Honore de Balzac

“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 virtues.”

“A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.”

“Economized love is never real love”

“The more one judges, the less one loves.”

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

“Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.”

“A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.”

“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.”

“The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.”

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

“Love is too strong a word to say it too early, but it has too beautiful a meaning to say it too late”

“To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we suffer”

“What is art? Nature concentrated.”

“The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.”

“Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.”

“All happiness depends on courage and work”

“Love is the poetry of the senses.”

“Behind every great fortune there is a crime.”

“It is as absurd to say that a man cant love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.”

“Anyone can be passionate, but it takes real lovers to be silly.”