The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute.
Honore De Balzac
- Life
- 1799-1850
- Occupations
- novelist, literary critic, writer
- Notable works
- Père Goriot, The Human Comedy, Illusions perdues
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The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Honore De Balzac
The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings.
Honore De Balzac