A grass blade believes that men build palaces for it to grow in. Grass wedges its way between the closest blocks of… — Honore de Balzac Behinds Copy Share Image
“The more he saw, the more he doubted. He watched men narrowly, and saw how, beneath the surface, courage was often rashness;… — Honore de Balzac Beneath the surface Copy Share Image
We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are. — Honore de Balzac Funny Copy Share Image
When a woman wants to betray her husband, her actions are almost invariably studied but they are never reasoned. — Honore de Balzac Action Copy Share Image
Noble passions are like vices: the more they are satisfied, the greater they grow, Mothers and gamblers are insatiable. — Honore de Balzac Desire Copy Share Image
“Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can turn it into a fact.” — Honoré de Balzac Equality Copy Share Image
This coffee falls into your stomach, and straightway there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move like the battalions of the… — Honore de Balzac Arise Copy Share Image
How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we… — Honore de Balzac Deny Copy Share Image
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. — Honore de Balzac Blame Copy Share Image
“Young man,' Porbus said, seeing Poussin stare open-mouthed at a picture, 'Don't look at the canvas too long, it will drive you… — Honoré de Balzac Painting Copy Share Image
“He will show you how, during the springtime of life, illusions, innocent hopes, silver threads of gossamer, descend from heaven and return… — Honore de Balzac Hope Copy Share Image
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. — Honore de Balzac Forgiveness Copy Share Image
Evasion is unworthy of us, and is always the intimate of equivocation. — Honore de Balzac Evasion Copy Share Image
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul. — Honore de Balzac Anniversary Copy Share Image
Once she has committed sin, there is nothing left for the Protestant woman, whereas the Catholic Church, hope of forgiveness makes a… — Honore de Balzac Catholic Copy Share Image
A rent in your clothes is a mishap, a stain on them is a vice. — Honore de Balzac Clothes Copy Share Image
The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share. — Honore de Balzac Happiness Copy Share Image
Many of us marvel at the icy insensitivity with which women snuff out their armours. But if they did not blot out… — Honore de Balzac Armour Copy Share Image
Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true. — Honore de Balzac Doe Copy Share Image
Believe everything you hear said of the world; nothing is too impossibly bad. — Honore de Balzac Believe Copy Share Image
In intimate family life, there comes a moment when children, willingly or no, become the judges of their parents. — Honore de Balzac Children Copy Share Image
A vocation is born to us all; happily most of us meet promptly our twin,--occupation. — Honore de Balzac Born Copy Share Image
Bankers are lynxes. To expect any gratitude from them is equivalent to attempting to move the wolves of the Ukraine to pity… — Honore de Balzac Attempting 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
