Letters of Two Brides Quotes

“Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:love

“The fact is that love is of two kinds—one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:love passion

“Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:death feeling silence

“Worse than all, you are candid, and it often happens that our happiness depends on certain social hypocrisies to which you will never stoop.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:happiness society

“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, Letters of Two Brides

topic:happiness memory past

“A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:fear joy

“Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:beauty woman children

“A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:words

“Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:society

“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.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:woman

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