Does not any limit imposed upon one inspire a desire to go beyond it? Does not our keenest suffering arise when our free will is crossed?
Honore de BalzacIt is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.
Honore de BalzacA wife is property that one acquires by contract, she is transferable, because possession of her requires title; in fact, woman is, so to speak, only man's appendage; consequently, slice, cut, clip her, you have all rights to her.
Honore de Balzac