No one ought even to desert a woman after throwing her a heap of gold in her distress! He ought to love her forever! You are young, only twenty-one, and kind and upright and fine. You'll ask me how a...
Madame de Nucingen was already there, dressed with the deliberate aim of appealing to all eyes, knowing that thereby she would seem even more attractive to Eugène.
How did you get back?' asked Vautrin. 'I walked,' replied Eugene.'I wouldn't like half-pleasures, myself,' observed the tempter. 'I'd want to go there in my own carriage, have my own box, and come bac...
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom to serve all, but love only one.
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.
Борьба имеет свою прелесть. Бороться - значит жить, пусть борьба приносит горе, пусть она ранит, - все лучше, чем беспросветный мрак отвращения, яд презрительной замкнутости, холод тех, кто отрекся от...
Man cannot spend all his time doing evil, and even in the company of pirates there must be some sweet moments on their sinister ship when you feel as if you were aboard a pleasure yacht.
Envy is the most stupid of vices for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through 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.
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
Pension
The more one judges, the less one loves.
Quand les enfants commencent à voir, ils sourient; quand une jeune fille entrevoit le sentiment dans la nature, elle sourit comme elle souriait enfant. Si la lumière est le premier amour de la vie, l'...
A man like you is a god, not just a machine covered with skin, but a theater where fine feelings sprout and grow-and feelings are all that matters, as far as I'm concerned. Is a feeling anything but a...
Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.