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Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about commerce

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about reward, virtue

Honor bespeaks worth, confidence begets trust. Service...

Honor bespeaks worth, confidence begets trust. Service brings satisfaction, cooperation proves the quality of leadership.

Quote by James Cash Penney about value, leadership, quality

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, ...

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about pasion, humanity, religion, history, art, magic

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night...

A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about husband, sleep, night, good, good luck

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf...

A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about blind, husband, marriage, wife, good, good luck

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about husband

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

A mother who is really a mother is never free.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about mother

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the...

A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about past, future, mother, happiness

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor...

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about woman, man, face

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, ...

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about humanity, religion, history, art, magic

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's...

An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about existence, man

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about wealth, crime, criminals

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about wealth, crime, criminals

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Finance, like time, devours its own children.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about children, time

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about time, love, man

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about end, love

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about human imperfections

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