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Honore De Balzac Quotes

Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague Picture Quote #1

One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy Picture Quote #1

Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt Picture Quote #1

If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down Picture Quote #1

Love is a religion, and its rituals cost more than those of other religions. It goes by quickly and, like a street urchin, it likes to mark its passage by a trail of devastation Picture Quote #1

I’m a great poet. I don’t put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Such is life. It is no cleaner than a kitchen; it reeks like a kitchen; and if you mean to cook your dinner, you must expect to soil your hands; the real art is in getting them clean again, and therein lies the whole morality of our epoch Picture Quote #1

Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own Picture Quote #1

There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain Picture Quote #1

The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed Picture Quote #1

Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man Picture Quote #1

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All human beings go through a previous life... Who knows how many fleshly forms the heir of heaven occupies before he can be brought to understand the value of that silence and solitude of spiritual worlds? Picture Quote #1

Man judges of nature in relation to itself; the angelic spirit judges of it in relation to heaven. In short, to the spirits everything speaks Picture Quote #1

There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in the same scales the fall of an empire of fourteen years and the dropping of a woman’s glove, and almost always the glove weighs more than the empire Picture Quote #1

Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work Picture Quote #1

Discouragement is of all ages: In youth it is a presentiment, in old age a remembrance Picture Quote #1

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done Picture Quote #1

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In a husband there is only a man; in a married woman there is a man, a father, and mother, and a woman Picture Quote #1

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true Picture Quote #1

He’s got his dog trained so that it only does it on newspapers. The trouble is it does it when he’s reading the blasted things Picture Quote #1

Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands Picture Quote #1

The woman who is about to deceive her husband always carefully thinks out how she is going to act, but she is never logical Picture Quote #1

Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man Picture Quote #1

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The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances Picture Quote #1

A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent Picture Quote #1

For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed Picture Quote #1

Most geometricians, chemists, mathematicians, and great scientists submit religion to reason only to discover a problem as unsolvable as that of squaring a circle Picture Quote #1

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Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague (Honore De Balzac Quotes) One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like a flame, for virtuous lovers have not a shred of hypocrisy (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt (Honore De Balzac Quotes) If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way down (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Love is a religion, and its rituals cost more than those of other religions. It goes by quickly and, like a street urchin, it likes to mark its passage by a trail of devastation (Honore De Balzac Quotes) I’m a great poet. I don’t put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings (Honore De Balzac Quotes) 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 (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Such is life. It is no cleaner than a kitchen; it reeks like a kitchen; and if you mean to cook your dinner, you must expect to soil your hands; the real art is in getting them clean again, and therein lies the whole morality of our epoch (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own (Honore De Balzac Quotes) There are moments in life when all we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wounds would wince at the touch of consoling words, that would reveal the depths of our pain (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Gratitude is a fool’s word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man (Honore De Balzac Quotes) All human beings go through a previous life... Who knows how many fleshly forms the heir of heaven occupies before he can be brought to understand the value of that silence and solitude of spiritual worlds? (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Man judges of nature in relation to itself; the angelic spirit judges of it in relation to heaven. In short, to the spirits everything speaks (Honore De Balzac Quotes) There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in the same scales the fall of an empire of fourteen years and the dropping of a woman’s glove, and almost always the glove weighs more than the empire (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Discouragement is of all ages: In youth it is a presentiment, in old age a remembrance (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done (Honore De Balzac Quotes) In a husband there is only a man; in a married woman there is a man, a father, and mother, and a woman (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their confidence in the true (Honore De Balzac Quotes) He’s got his dog trained so that it only does it on newspapers. The trouble is it does it when he’s reading the blasted things (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Squeeze marriage as much as you like, you will never extract anything from it but fun for bachelors and boredom for husbands (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The woman who is about to deceive her husband always carefully thinks out how she is going to act, but she is never logical (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man (Honore De Balzac Quotes) The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool (Honore De Balzac Quotes) 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 (Honore De Balzac Quotes) There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances (Honore De Balzac Quotes) A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent (Honore De Balzac Quotes) For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed (Honore De Balzac Quotes) Most geometricians, chemists, mathematicians, and great scientists submit religion to reason only to discover a problem as unsolvable as that of squaring a circle (Honore De Balzac Quotes)

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