Few men are raised in our estimation by being too closely examined. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. — Honore de Balzac Courtesy Copy Share Image
Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest. — Honore de Balzac Bears Copy Share Image
The passion of love is essentially selfish, while motherhood widens the circle of our feelings. — Honore de Balzac Circles 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 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 Copy Share Image
Happiness lends poetic charms to woman, and dress adorns her like a delicate tinge of rouge. — Honore de Balzac Charm Copy Share Image
Courage is the fire that burns in the cold,dark room of fear and doubt that we live in. — Honore De Balzac Courage Copy Share Image
“What place indeed is there in the shallow petty frivolous thing called society for noble thoughts and feelings?” — Honoré de Balzac Community Copy Share Image
Discouragement is of all ages: In youth it is a presentiment, in old age a remembrance. — Honore de Balzac Age Copy Share Image
Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward… — Honore de Balzac Character 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 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
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 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
“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
Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks,… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of… — Honore de Balzac Ark Copy Share Image
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There are houses in certain provincial towns whose aspect inspires melancholy, akin to that called forth by sombre cloisters, dreary moorlands, or… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
[Raphael's] great superiority is due to the instinctive sense which, in him, seems to desire to shatter form. Form is, in his… — Honore de Balzac Communication Copy Share Image
“Yes,' Montriveau went on in an unsteady voice, 'this Catholic faith to which you wish to convert me is a lie that… — Honoré de Balzac Lies Copy Share Image
At thirty years a woman asks her lover to give her back the esteem she has forfeited for his sake; she lives… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
It is beyond a doubt that during the sixteenth century, and the years immediately preceding and following it, poisoning had been brought… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent. — Honore de Balzac Greatness Copy Share Image
An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. — Honore de Balzac Career Copy Share Image
For the person who loves God, worship is the daily bread of patience. — Honore de Balzac Bread Copy Share Image
Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed. — Honore de Balzac Desire 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
To get a traveling salesman drunk is the height of impossibility. — Honore de Balzac Drunk Copy Share Image
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