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A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.

A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.

Honore de Balzac
Heart, Pride, Men

The causes that govern the heart appear to be wholly alien to the results achieved. Are the forces that moved a desperate criminal the same that fill a martyr with pride, as both mount the scaffold?

Honore de Balzac
Heart, Pride, Criminals

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.

Honore de Balzac
Pride, Men, May
Honore de Balzac (1899). “The Muse of the Department”, p.141, Library of Alexandria

She who is really a wife, one in heart, flesh, and bone, must follow wherever he leads, in whom her life, her strength, her pride, and happiness are centered.

Honore de Balzac
Heart, Pride, Wife
Honore de Balzac (2011). “The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin”, p.97, The Floating Press

Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?

Honore de Balzac
Heart, Pride, Men
Honore de Balzac (2015). “Old Goriot: Classic French Literature”, p.74, 谷月社

This surface good-nature which captivates a new acquaintance and is no bar to treachery, which knows no scruple and is never at fault for an excuse, which makes an outcry at the wound which it condones, is one of the most distinctive features of the journalist. This camaraderie (the word is a stroke of genius) corrodes the noblest minds; it eats into their pride like rust, kills the germ of great deeds, and lends a sanction to moral cowardice.

Honore de Balzac
Work, Pride, Mind
"A Daughter of Eve". Book by Honoré de Balzac, 1839.

Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.

Honore de Balzac
Struggle, Pride, Men

When one of those skirt-bearing animals has set herself up above all by permitting herself to be deified, no power on earth can be as proud as she.

Honore de Balzac
Pride, Animal, Earth

Beaucoup d'hommes ont un orgueil qui les pousse a' cacher leurs combats et a' ne se montrer que victorieux. Many men have pride that causes them to hide their combats and to only show themselves victorious.

Honore de Balzac
Pride, Men, Causes

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