Honore de
Honore de
love hope passion
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.
women mean liberty
The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption.
virtue force misfortunes
Le bonheur engloutit nos forces, comme le malheur e teint nos vertus. Happiness engulfs our strength, just as misfortune extinguishes our virtues.
lying worry misery
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
demand firsts should
Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.
light diets
Hope is a light diet, but very stimulating.
humility body modesty
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
heart opportunity winning
The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity.
running husband thinking
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
being-yourself work love-yourself
An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
equality power literature
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.
lonely loneliness being-alone
Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
looks sometimes moments
Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.'
paris doe good-french
Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant.