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Honore de Balzac Quotes

Honore de Balzac quotes

French Novelist May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850

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Honore de Balzac quote: "Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at..."
Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all..."
Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies. Honore de Balzac
Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "One can imagine the look the two lovers exchanged; it was like..."
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
Honore de Balzac quote: "Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow."
Excess of joy is harder to bear than any amount of sorrow. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction,..."
I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is..."
Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity."
A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies..."
Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "For avarice begins where poverty ends."
For avarice begins where poverty ends. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries..."
The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris. Honore de Balzac
Misfortune is a stepping stone for genius, the baptismal font of Christians, treasure for the skillful man, an abyss for the feeble. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa."
When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Those who spend too fast never grow rich."
Those who spend too fast never grow rich. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "While seeking out the dead, I see nothing but the living."
While seeking out the dead, I see nothing but the living. Honore de Balzac

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