A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up... -Honore de Balzac

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

Honore de Balzac , Novelist
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Honore de Balzac Quotes to Explore

A mother who is really a mother is never free....
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues....
Love is the poetry of the senses....
Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught....
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power....
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime....
Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing....
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories....
Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart....
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact....

Mother's Day Quotes to Explore

Who's a boy gonna talk to if not his mother?...
I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me....
With what price we pay for the glory of motherhood....
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart....
Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding....
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life....
When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half....
There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing....
My mom is definitely my rock....
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories....