Honore de Balzac Lovers Quotations

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

No woman allows her lover to descend from his pedestal. Even a god is not forgiven the slightest pettiness.

Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.

A lover teaches a wife all her husband has kept from her.

One exits with one's husband -- one lives with one's lover.

No husband will ever be better avenged than by his wife's lover.