Balzac

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“Love in the abstract is not enough for a great man in poverty; he has need of its utmost devotion.... She who is really a wife, one in heart, flesh, and bone, must follow wherever he leads, in whom her life, her strength, her pride, and happiness are centered.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as among the Egyptians, to succeed to his father’s craft.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)

“Virtue in women is perhaps a question of temperament.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)