"Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling." ― Honore de Balzac Topic(s): Death Tags: death, unites More From Honore de Balzac "The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one." "Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love." "Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue." More In Death "If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction."― Jean de la Bruyere "It’s necessary to start most work alone. But I’m tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it’s borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate."― Jenny Holzer "Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go."― Jean de La Fontaine