Honoré de Balzac - Husband Quotes

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It is necessary to be almost a genius to make a good husband.

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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

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A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.

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In a husband there is only a man; in a married woman there is a man, a father, and mother, and a woman.

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Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.

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A lover has all the virtues and all the defects that a husband has not.

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A lover is a herald who proclaims the merit, the wit, or the beauty of a woman: what does a husband proclaim?

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It is easier to be a lover than a husband, for the same reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day, than to say bright things from time to time.

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