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The more you judge, the less you love.

The more you judge, the less you love.

Honore de Balzac
Judging, Judgement, Criticism

If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man's life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool's notion of history.

Honore de Balzac
Men, Judging, Feelings
Honore de Balzac (2011). “The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin”, p.94, The Floating Press

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.

Honore de Balzac
Lying, Judging, Literature
"'Le Père Goriot' ('Father Goriot')". Book by Honoré de Balzac. Part II, 1835.

In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents.

Honore de Balzac
Family, Children, Judging

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Honore de Balzac
Judging, Stifling, Conscience
Honore de Balzac (2011). “The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin”, p.149, The Floating Press

Man judges of nature in relation to itself; the angelic spirit judges of it in relation to heaven. In short, to the spirits everything speaks.

Honore de Balzac
Angel, Men, Judging

What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for, they provisionally solicit indulgence by showing leniency toward the defects of their judges. Thus they pass for excellent folk.

Honore de Balzac
People, Judging, Crime

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