“You have wavered uncertainly between two systems, between drawing and coloring, between the painstaking phlegm, the stiff precision, of the old German… — Honoré de Balzac Art Copy Share Image
Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief. — Honore de Balzac Anxious Copy Share Image
The endless legacy of the past to the present is the secret source of human genius. — Honore de Balzac Endless Copy Share Image
“The duchess turned on Eugène with one of those insolent stares that envelop a man from head to foot, flatten him out,… — Honoré de Balzac Description Copy Share Image
Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue. — Honore de Balzac Hard Copy Share Image
White hair often covers the head, but the heart that holds it is ever young. — Honore de Balzac Age Copy Share Image
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 Enjoyment Copy Share Image
A husband can commit no greater blunder than to discuss his wife, if she is virtuous, with his mistress; unless it be… — Honore de Balzac Beautiful Copy Share Image
How did you get back?' asked Vautrin. 'I walked,' replied Eugene. 'I wouldn't like half-pleasures, myself,' observed the tempter. 'I'd want to… — Honore de Balzac Boxes Copy Share Image
The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband. — Honore de Balzac Husband Copy Share Image
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way. — Honore de Balzac Husband Copy Share Image
When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. — Honore de Balzac Character Copy Share Image
A year at the breast is quite enough; children who are suckled longer are said to grow stupid, and I am all… — Honore de Balzac Breasts Copy Share Image
Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt. — Honore de Balzac Heart Copy Share Image
Marriage is a fight to the death. Before contracting it, the two parties concerned implore the benediction of Heaven because to promise… — Honore de Balzac Benediction Copy Share Image
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty… — Honore De Balzac Every day Copy Share Image
Society is no more indulgent than was the God of Genesis. — Honore de Balzac Community Copy Share Image
A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism. — Honore De Balzac Death Copy Share Image
In Paris, the greatest expression of personal satisfaction known to man is the smirk on the face of a male, highly pleased… — Honore de Balzac Boudoir Copy Share Image
Nos beaux sentiments ne sont-ils pas les poe sies de la volonte ? Aren't our best feelings poetry of the will? — Honore de Balzac Feelings Copy Share Image
Virtue is not a thing you can have by halves; it is or it is not. — Honore de Balzac Character Copy Share Image
A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur. — Honore de Balzac Bankruptcy Copy Share Image
