Eh bien, monsieur de Rastignac, traitez ce monde comme il mérite de l'être. Vous voulez parvenir, je vous aiderai. Vous sonderez combien est profonde la corruption féminine, vous toiserez la largeur d...
Do you know, my dear fellow, Derville went on after a pause, there are in modern society three men who can never think well of the world—the priest, the doctor, and the man of law? And they wear black...
And why should I not confess that this friendship, and the testimony here and there of persons unknown to me, have upheld me in my career, both against myself and against unjust attacks; against the c...
A man who prides himself on going in a straight line through life is an idiot who believes in infallibility.
<...> но в этом отношении г-жа Воке имела сходство со многими людьми, которые не доверяют своим близким и отдаются в руки первого встречного, — странное психологическое явление, но оно факт, и его кор...
It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.
For she was invaded by a kind of love which every girl has gone through —the love of the unknown, love in its vaguest form,
Am fully convinced that it is impossible for a woman, even if she were born close to a throne, to acquire before the age of five-and-twenty the encyclopaedic knowledge of trifles, the practice of mano...
What a thing of fantasy a woman may become after dusk.
Le sentiment que l'homme supporte le plus difficilement est la pitié, surtout quand il la mérite. La haine est un tonique, elle fait vivre, elle inspire la vengeance; mais la pitié tue, elle affaiblit...
If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.
Durante a rápida estação em que a mulher permanece em flor, os caracteres da sua beleza servem admiravelmente bem à dissimulação à qual a sua fraqueza natural e as leis sociais a condenam. Sob o rico...
Croyez-le, le véritable amour est éternel, infini, toujours semblable à lui-même ; il est égal et pur, sans démonstrations violentes ; il se voit en cheveux blancs, toujours jeune de cœur.True love is...
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.
One can no more hinder criticism than the use of eyes, tongues, and judgment.
Dans la vie morale, aussi bien que dans la vie physique, il existe une aspiration et une respiration; l’âme a besoin d’absorber les sentiments d’une autre âme, de se les assimiler pour les lui restitu...
A valley full of genuine suffering, and of joys that often turn out to be false, and so incredibly tumultuous that it takes something God only knows how outrageous to cause a lasting stir. But here an...