Quotes for English Learners
Quotes by
Honore de Balzac
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Honore de Balzac
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Honore de Balzac :
A father's craft. It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father's craft.
Honore de Balzac |
fathers
A mother's happiness A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
Honoré de Balzac |
mothers
An orangutan The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
Honore de Balzac |
marriage
Conditions for marriage! No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.
Honore de Balzac |
marriage
The face of a man A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Honore de Balzac |
love
The heart of a mother The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Honoré de Balzac |
mothers
When they love us 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.
Honore de Balzac |
forgiveness
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