“I used to want to know everything, to be learned; and one thing I did learn thoroughly — I knew that I… — Honoré de Balzac Education Copy Share Image
“took place toward the end of the month of July, 1815. The second return of the Bourbons had shaken many friendships which… — Honoré de Balzac Family Copy Share Image
What moralist can deny that well-bred and vicious people are much more agreeable than their virtuous counterparts? Having crimes to atone for,… — Honore de Balzac Counterparts Copy Share Image
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine. — Honore De Balzac Loneliness Copy Share Image
If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way… — Honore de Balzac Affection Copy Share Image
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. — Honore de Balzac Art Copy Share Image
“It is absurd to pretend that one cannot love the same woman always, as to pretend that a good artist needs several… — Honore de Balzac Art Copy Share Image
“Our Father in heaven is surely on the side of fathers on earth who love their children.” — Honoré de Balzac Children Copy Share Image
A sacrament by virtue of which each imparts nothing but vexations to the other. — Honore de Balzac Impart Copy Share Image
All genuinely noble women prefer truth to falsehood. As the Russians with their Czar, they are unwilling to see their idol degraded;… — Honore de Balzac Accepting Copy Share Image
“No one was irritable; we have never known anyone to remain unhappy while digesting a good meal. We enjoy lingering in a… — Honoré de Balzac Food Copy Share Image
“Passion is univeral humanity. Without it religion history art and romance would be useless.” — Honore De Balzac Passion Copy Share Image
Loyalty in time of need is possibly one of the noblest of victories a courtier can win over himself. — Honore de Balzac Courtiers Copy Share Image
People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are. — Honore de Balzac Fortunate Copy Share Image
“Hortense was a wife; Valerie a mistress. Many men desire to have these two editions of the same work, although it is… — Honoré de Balzac Character Copy Share Image
“The rout, that dreary review of fashionable fineries, that parade of well-dressed self-infatuations, is one of those English inventions currently mechanifying the… — Honoré de Balzac Balls Copy Share Image
“Prudenta lui ii egala averea. Era de o umilinta excesiva. Niciodata orgoliul nu-l prinsese in capcanele sale. Acest negustor se facea atat… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Life in clubs is no paltry sign of the times we live in. Here gentlemen gamble with others whom they would not… — Honore de Balzac Clubs Copy Share Image
Charity is not one of the virtues practiced on the stock market. The heart of a bank is but one of many… — Honore de Balzac Charity Copy Share Image
Vulgar souls look hastily and superficially at the sea and accuse it of monotony; other more privileged beings could spend a lifetime… — Honore de Balzac Admiring Copy Share Image
Le bonheur engloutit nos forces, comme le malheur e teint nos vertus. Happiness engulfs our strength, just as misfortune extinguishes our virtues. — Honore de Balzac Force Copy Share Image
