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Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about affair

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about politeness, virtue, soul, nothing

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

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about existence

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about happiness, bad luck, bad

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about children

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about concentration, art, magic, nature

When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about vice, law

Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about wisdom, spirit, things, love

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about love, infinite, purity, heart

Being incapable of enthusiasm is a sign of mediocrity.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about enthusiasm, mediocrity, being

The heart of a mother ia an abyss, in its depths there is always forgiveness.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about mother, absolution, heart

The will can be, more than talent, a reason for pride.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about will, proudness, reason, talent

We produce programs that honor God and impact our world.

Quote by Willie Aames about god, world

It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the nation, has recognized my voting record.

Quote by Joe Baca about nation

All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor or virtue, so much as from the downright ignorance of the nature of coin, credit and circulation.

Quote by John Adams about defects, confusion, ignorance, virtue, nature

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

Quote by Joseph Addison about death

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

Quote by Joseph Addison about old, olderness, day

It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

Quote by Aeschylus about friendship, envy, character, man

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Quote by James Lane Allen about quality, courage, woman, mind, world, contentment, man

Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

Quote by Aristotel about dignity