World Quotes by Honoré de Balzac

For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.

— Honore de Balzac

The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.

— Honore de Balzac

Believe everything you hear said of the world; nothing is too impossibly bad.

— Honore de Balzac

In a world of hunchbacks, a fine figure becomes a monstrosity.

— Honore de Balzac

He who best knows the world will love it least.

— Honore de Balzac

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and…

— Honore de Balzac

They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse…

— Honore de Balzac

Everybody all over the world takes a wife's estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man.

— Honore de Balzac

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world,…

— Honore de Balzac

God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.

— Honore de Balzac

Poverty is a divine stepmother who does for youths what their own mothers were unable to do. It introduces them to frugality,…

— Honore de Balzac

It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a…

— Honore de Balzac

Modern society includes three types of men who can never think very highly of the world--the priest, the physician, and the attorney-at-law.…

— Honore de Balzac

Science is the language of the temporal world; love is that of the spiritual world. Man, indeed, describes more than he explains;…

— Honore de Balzac

To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps…

— Honore de Balzac

All human beings go through a previous life... Who knows how many fleshly forms the heir of heaven occupies before he can…

— Honore de Balzac

For pain is perhaps but a violent pleasure? Who could determine the point where pleasure becomes pain, where pain is still a…

— Honore de Balzac

Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks,…

— Honore de Balzac

For businessmen, the world is a bale of banknotes in circulation; for most young men, it is a woman; for some women,…

— Honore de Balzac

Like most young people, these two attributed to the world their own intelligence and virtues. Youth who knows no failure has no…

— Honore de Balzac

White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of…

— Honore de Balzac

[Raphael's] great superiority is due to the instinctive sense which, in him, seems to desire to shatter form. Form is, in his…

— Honore de Balzac