Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you have read this story of great misfortunes, you will no doubt dine well, blaming the author for your own insensitivity, accusing him of wild exaggeration and flights of fancy. But rest assured: this tragedy is not a fiction. All is true.
Passion is born deaf and dumb. - Honore De Balzac
Passion is born deaf and dumb.
- Honore De Balzac
Love which economizes is never true love. - Honore De Balzac
Love which economizes is never true love.
When we drink coffee, ideas march in like the army - Honore De Balzac
When we drink coffee, ideas march in like the army
Our greatest fears lie in anticipation. - Honore De Balzac
Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
The more one judges, the less one loves. - Honore De Balzac
The more one judges, the less one loves.
The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it. - Honore De Balzac
The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian… - Honore De Balzac
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian…
Behind every fortune there is a crime. - Honore De Balzac
Behind every fortune there is a crime.
Pity is woman's sweetest charm. - Honore De Balzac
Pity is woman's sweetest charm.
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