Honoré de Balzac - Time Quotes

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When a woman pronounces the name of a man but twice a day, there may be some doubt as to the nature of her sentiments; but three times!...

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I am not deep, but I am very wide, and it takes time to walk round me.

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All human power is a compound of time and patience.

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We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.

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Conjugal Love should never put on or take off his bandage but at an opportune time.

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Man is imperfect. He is at some times more or less hypocritical than at others, and then simpletons say that his morality is high or low.

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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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At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives only for him, her thoughts are full of his future, he must have a great career, she bids him make it glorious; she can obey, entreat, command, humble herself, or rise in pride; times without number she brings comfort when a young girl can only make moan.

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