Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks, how he walks, if he has ever walked, if he could walk better, what he achieves in walking .. questions that are tied to all the philosophical, psychological, and political systems which preoccupy the world.
Honore de BalzacFoppery, being the chronic condition of women, is not so much noticed as it is when it breaks out on the person of the male bird.
Honore de BalzacMarriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine.
Honore de BalzacLet nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.
Honore de Balzac