Honore de Balzac

It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the read more

It's a wise husband who will buy his wife such fine china that she won't trust him to wash the dishes

Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from?
[Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles read more

Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from?
[Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles Parisiennes?]

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

Cruelty and fear shake hands together

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite read more

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.