Honore de Quotes (13 Quotes)

If we all said people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism

Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.

Woman has this in common with angels, that suffering beings belong especially to her

A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.

Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice

Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts

Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker.

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief.

Despotism accomplishes great things illegally liberty doesn't even go to the trouble of accomplishing small things legally.

Man is neither good nor bad he is born with instincts and abilities.

A woman who has made fun of her husband can love him no more