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
jewels literature pearls
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
being-yourself work love-yourself
An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.
humility body modesty
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
dream book writing
It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one.
funny-love first-love love-is
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.
couple passion duration
The duration of a couple's passion is in proportion to the woman's original resistance or to the obstacles that social hazards have placed in the way of her happiness.
generosity people twenties
As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
kindness heart character
Kindness steers no easy course. Attributing it to character, we seldom recognize the secret efforts of a noble heart, whereas we reward really wicked people for the evil they refrain from committing.
lovers break scoundrels
Whereas scoundrels become reconciled after knifing one another, lovers break up irrevocably over a mere glance or word.
fever six eternity
Six weeks with a fever is an eternity.
spurs genius
Necessity is the spur of genius.
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.
pounds timidity
An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.