Honor� de Balzac
France
20 May 1799 // 18 Aug 1850
Writer
20 May 1799 // 18 Aug 1850
Writer
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Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other
Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love
Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society
Modesty is the conscience of the body
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity
It is easy to sit up and take notice, what is difficult is getting up and taking action
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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