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
running husband thinking
A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way.
love men sea
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
race literature finance
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.
humility body modesty
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
spring years enemy
If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.
family happiness mothers-day
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
artist literature force
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.
bread worship god-love
For the person who loves God, worship is the daily bread of patience.
joy sorrow literature
Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow.
mom mother fashion
It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.
moving fall coffee
Coffee falls into the stomach... ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop... the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink...
loss secret crime
The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.
inspirational good-morning marriage
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
solitude moral resources
We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.