At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise. — Honore de Balzac Beauty Copy Share Image
“Here comes Mamma Vauquerr, fair as a starrr; and strung up like a bunch of carrots. Aren't we suffocating ourselves a wee… — Honoré de Balzac Comedie Copy Share Image
Among fifty percent of your married couples, the husband worries very little about what his wife is doing, provided she is doing… — Honore de Balzac Couple Copy Share Image
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility,… — Honore de Balzac Anti bullying Copy Share Image
To feel, to love, to suffer, to devote herself, will always be the text of the life of woman. — Honore de Balzac Devotion Copy Share Image
A sick man, surrounded by those who love him, nursed by those who wish earnestly that he should live, will recover (all… — Honore de Balzac Ardent Copy Share Image
“Existe esa clase de goces que solamente pueden saborearse entre dos, de poeta a poeta, de corazón a corazón.” — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood! — Honore de Balzac Blood Copy Share Image
When she lives at his palace, the maiden niece of a bishop can pass for a respectable woman because, if she has… — Honore de Balzac Affair Copy Share Image
When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen. — Honore de Balzac Particular Copy Share Image
“A valley full of genuine suffering, and of joys that often turn out to be false, and so incredibly tumultuous that it… — Honoré de Balzac Grief Copy Share Image
We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer,… — Honore de Balzac Acknowledge Copy Share Image
The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool. — Honore de Balzac Dressing room Copy Share Image
Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it. — Honore de Balzac Conscience Copy Share Image
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. — Honore de Balzac Action Copy Share Image
“The faint hints of color in her complexion, her tawny blond hair, her extraordinary thinness, all spoke of that unearthly grace modern… — Honoré de Balzac Poetry Copy Share Image
I yield to your wishes. It is the privilege of the women whom we love more than they love us to make… — Honore de Balzac Common Copy Share Image
Genuine sorrows are very tranquil in appearance in the deep bed they have dug for themselves. But, seeming to slumber, they corrode… — Honore de Balzac Acid Copy Share Image
“This costume, utterly uncouth, seemed to have been invented as a final test of grace, and to show that there was nothing… — Honoré de Balzac Fashion Copy Share Image
The causes that govern the heart appear to be wholly alien to the results achieved. Are the forces that moved a desperate… — Honore de Balzac Aliens Copy Share Image
Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance… — Honore de Balzac Accents Copy Share Image
Religious ecstasy is a madness of thought freed of its bodily bonds, whereas in the ecstasy of love, the forces of twin… — Honore de Balzac Ecstasy Copy Share Image
