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Honore de Balzac Quotes

Honore de Balzac quotes about art

French Novelist May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850

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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
The more he saw, the more he doubted. He watched men narrowly, and saw how, beneath the surface, courage was often rashness; and prudence, cowardice; generosity, a clever piece of calculation; justice, a wrong; delicacy, pusillanimity; honesty, a modus vivendi; and by some strange dispensation of fate, he must see that those who at heart were really honest, scrupulous, just, generous, prudent or brave were held cheaply by their fellow-men. ‘What a cold-blooded jest!’ said he to himself. ‘It... Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "What is art? Nature concentrated."
What is art? Nature concentrated. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history,..."
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Passion is univeral humanity. Without it religion history ..."
Passion is univeral humanity. Without it religion history art and romance would be useless. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history,..."
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive..."
The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. Honore de Balzac

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