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Honore de Balzac Quotes

Honore de Balzac quotes about happy

French Novelist May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850

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No one ought even to desert a woman after throwing her a heap of gold in her distress! He ought to love her forever! You are young, only twenty-one, and kind and upright and fine. You'll ask me how a woman can take money from a man. Oh, God, isn't it natural to share everything with the one we owe all our happiness to? When one has given everything, how can one quibble about a mere portion of it? Money is important only when feeling has ceased. Isn't one bound for life? How can you foresee... Honore de Balzac
Yes,' Montriveau went on in an unsteady voice, 'this Catholic faith to which you wish to convert me is a lie that men make for themselves; hope is a lie at the expense of the future; pride, a lie between us and our fellows; and pity, and prudence, and terror are cunning lies. And now my happiness is to be one more lying delusion; I am expected to delude myself, to be willing to give gold coin for silver to the end. If you can so easily dispense with my visits; if you confess me neither as... Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future..."
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. Honore de Balzac
The faint hints of color in her complexion, her tawny blond hair, her extraordinary thinness, all spoke of that unearthly grace modern poets find in the medieval statues. Had she been happy, she'd have been ravishing: happiness constitutes pure poetry, for women. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "All happiness depends on courage and work."
All happiness depends on courage and work. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "We flew back home like swallows. 'Is it happiness that makes..."
We flew back home like swallows. 'Is it happiness that makes us so light?' Agathe asked. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance"
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in..."
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as..."
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. Honore de Balzac

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