Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling. — Honore de Balzac Death Copy Share Image
Materialism and spirituality are two pretty racquets with which charlatans in cap and gown make the same ball fly. — Honore de Balzac Balls Copy Share Image
Too great a display of delicacy can and does sometimes infringe upon de-cency. — Honore de Balzac Decency Copy Share Image
“Happiness is the inner poetry of women, just as fine clothes are the mask of beauty” — Honoré de Balzac Beauty Copy Share Image
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 Accounts Copy Share Image
France is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same. — Honore de Balzac Country Copy Share Image
Rich women need not fear old age; their gold can always create about them any feelings necessary to their happiness. — Honore de Balzac Age Copy Share Image
One admirable trait in women is their lack of illusions about themselves. They never reason about their most blameworthy actions; their feelings… — Honore de Balzac Action Copy Share Image
A woman's sentimental monkeyshines will always deceive her lover, who invariably waxes ecstatic where her husband necessarily shrugs his shoulders. — Honore de Balzac Deceit Copy Share Image
Un homme n'a jamais pu e lever sa ma|"tresse jusqu'a' lui; mais une femme place toujours son amant aussi haut qu'elle. A… — Honore de Balzac Femme Copy Share Image
Though your vulgarian does not readily admit that feelings can change overnight, certainly two lovers often part far more abruptly than they… — Honore de Balzac Doe Copy Share Image
When attempted self-destruction does not cure a man of life, it cures him of voluntary death. — Honore de Balzac Cures Copy Share Image
A woman, even a prude, is not long at a loss, however dire her plight. She would seen always to have in… — Honore de Balzac Figs Copy Share Image
The response man has the greatest difficulty in tolerating is pity, especially when he warrants it. Hatred is a tonic, it makes… — Honore de Balzac Despise Copy Share Image
Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to… — Honore de Balzac Art Copy Share Image
A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent. — Honore de Balzac May Copy Share Image
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. — Honore de Balzac Happiness Copy Share Image
