“At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist there can only be promise of the coming woman.”
Beauty“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.”
Love“At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist there can only be promise of the coming woman.”
Beauty“Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.”
Art“Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.”
Great“Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.”
Power“Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love.”
Men“A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.”
Love“But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.”
Positive“Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.”
Alone“There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.”
Smile“The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his capital.”
Business“Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.”
Men“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.”
Great“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.”
Forgiveness“Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.”
Men“Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.”
Equality“When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.”
Forgiveness“True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.”
Love“When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.”
Great“There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.”
Great“Death unites as well as separates it silences all paltry feeling.”
Death