The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity. — Honore de Balzac Feminism Copy Share Image
Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise. — Honore de Balzac Honest Copy Share Image
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. — Honore de Balzac Art Copy Share Image
Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine. — Honore de Balzac Fine Copy Share Image
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman. — Honore de Balzac Beauty Copy Share Image
“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
Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God. — Honore de Balzac Certain Copy Share Image
Woman is stronger by virtue of her feelings than man by virtue of his power. — Honore de Balzac Feelings Copy Share Image
“I had youth, beauty, two advantages conferred by chance, and of which we are as proud as if they were hard-won.” — Honoré de Balzac Beauty Copy Share Image
Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity? — Honore de Balzac Crush Copy Share Image
A girl fresh from a boarding school may perhaps be a virgin but no! she is never chaste. — Honore de Balzac Boarding school Copy Share Image
The man whom fate employs to awaken love in the heart of a young girl is often unaware of his work and… — Honore de Balzac Fate Copy Share Image
“Whoever wishes to rise above the common level must be prepared for a great struggle and recoil before no obstacle. A great… — Honoré de Balzac French literature Copy Share Image
As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered.… — Honore de Balzac Allies Copy Share Image
“Ha a nők elmésnek, tehetségesnek találják, a férfiak el fogják hinni, hogy az, hacsak maga ki nem ábrándítja őket. Akkor aztán mindent… — Honoré de Balzac Balzac Copy Share Image
Beauty is the greatest of human powers. Any power without counterbalance or control becomes autocratic and leads to abuse and to folly.… — Honore de Balzac Abuse Copy Share Image
The duration of a couple's passion is in proportion to the woman's original resistance or to the obstacles that social hazards have… — Honore de Balzac Couple Copy Share Image
Let passion reach a catastrophe and it submits us to an intoxicating force far more powerful than the niggardly irritation of wine… — Honore de Balzac Achieve Copy Share Image
“Femeile pot iubi fara a fi fericite si pot fi fericite fara a iubi. A iubi si a fi fericita, a intruni… — Honoré de Balzac Amor Copy Share Image
Marriage is a fight to the death, before which the wedded couple ask a blessing from heaven, because it is the rashest… — Honore de Balzac Asks Copy Share Image
A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought. — Honore de Balzac Beautiful Copy Share Image
“Journalism, look you, is the religion of modern society.” — Honoré de Balzac Balzac Copy Share Image
You cannot pluck love out of your heart as you would pull a tooth. — Honore de Balzac Heart Copy Share Image
Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling. — Honore de Balzac Death Copy Share Image
Society is no more indulgent than was the God of Genesis. — Honore de Balzac Community Copy Share Image
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies. — Honore de Balzac Bureaucracy Copy Share Image
Lofty souls are always inclined to make a virtue of misfortune. — Honore de Balzac Character Copy Share Image
Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact. — Honore de Balzac Criminal mind Copy Share Image
