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I'll shoot my age if I have to live to be 105.
~ Bob Hope
Honore de Balzac Quotes
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
Keyword(s):
Power
,
Talent
Love is the poetry of the senses.
Keyword(s):
Love
Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.
Keyword(s):
Jealousy
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
Keyword(s):
Love
,
Tea
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
Keyword(s):
Mothers
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.
Keyword(s):
Marriage
Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
Keyword(s):
Women
Carelessness in dressing is moral suicide.
Keyword(s):
Clothing
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
Keyword(s):
Jewelry
,
Pleasure
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
Keyword(s):
Marriage
Marriage must constantly fight against a monster which devours everything: routine.
Keyword(s):
Marriage
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
Keyword(s):
Passion
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.
Keyword(s):
Justice
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Keyword(s):
Mothers
From the manner in which a woman draws her thread at every stitch of her needlework, any other woman can surmise her thoughts.
Keyword(s):
Needlework
Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.
Keyword(s):
Jealousy
This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the Grand Army of the battlefield, and the battle takes place.
Keyword(s):
Coffee
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
Keyword(s):
Exaggeration
An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
Keyword(s):
Job