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Honore de Balzac Quotes

Honore de Balzac quotes about humanity

French Novelist May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850

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What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses of self-regard. The sudden changes in character, about which so much has been said, are instinctive calculations for the furtherance of our own pleasures. Seeing himself now in his fine clothes, his new gloves and shoes, Eugne de Rastignac forgot his noble resolve. Youth, when it swerves toward wrong, dares not look in the mirror of conscience; maturity has already seen... Honore de Balzac
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. Honore de Balzac
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates his gestures, and colors his voice. The stupidest man will often, under the stress of passion, achieve heights of eloquence, in thought if not in language, and seem to move in some luminous sphere. Goriot's voice and gesture had at this moment the power of communication that characterizes the great actor. Are not our finer feelings the poems of the human will? Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of..."
A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions...."
Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. Honore de Balzac
The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of hatred. Honore de Balzac
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
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: "If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it..."
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
The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or he would cease to be human. Honore de Balzac
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
Honore de Balzac quote: "I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race."
I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race. Honore de Balzac

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