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Human Heart Quotes by Honore de Balzac
- Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole.
- Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
- What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character,…
- If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down.
More Human Heart Quotes
- The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars. — Giotto di Bondone
- The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms… — Charlotte Bronte
- Lying is not only saying what isn't true. It is also, in fact especially, saying more than is true and, in the… — Albert Camus
- Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it… — Lydia M. Child
- I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder,… — Harlan Coben
- All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we… — Maya Angelou
- Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well… — Alexander Hamilton
- Violence ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. A gentle word, a kind look, a god-natured… — William Hazlitt
- The human heart, at whatever age, opens to the heart that opens in return. — Maria Edgeworth
- In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal… — Ambrose Bierce
- There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe,… — Samuel Johnson
- Acting, to me, is about the incredible adventure of examining the landscape of human heart and soul. That's basically what we do. — Glenn Close