Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac
Honoré de Balzacbal.zak], born Honoré Balzac, 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth20 May 1799
CountryFrance
Honore de Balzac quotes about
parent victory defeat
The victory always has a lot of parents but the defeat is always an orphan.
gymnastics mind body
The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does.
good-person enough shows
It's not enough to be a good person. You also have to show it.
pounds timidity
An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.
catholic sublime church
Once she has committed sin, there is nothing left for the Protestant woman, whereas the Catholic Church, hope of forgiveness makes a woman sublime.
dream home gentleman
Life in clubs is no paltry sign of the times we live in. Here gentlemen gamble with others whom they would not dream of inviting to their homes.
couple husband wife
Among fifty percent of your married couples, the husband worries very little about what his wife is doing, provided she is doing all he wishes.
kings husband wife
An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.
kings home feelings
The privilege of feeling at home everywhere belongs only to kings, wolves and robbers.
humility anti-bullying suffering
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its genuine humility, or indifference, or sheer helplessness.
novelty deceptive delightful
Novelty is both delightful and deceptive.
funny dog house
When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.
kindness hands rocks
Kindness is not without its rocks ahead. People are apt to put it down to an easy temper and seldom recognize it as the secret striving of a generous nature; whilst, on the other hand, the ill-natured get credit for all the evil they refrain from.
funny marriage witty
The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.