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Honore de Balzac Quotes

Honore de Balzac quotes

French Novelist May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850

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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
A murderer is less loathsome to us than a spy. The murderer may have acted on a sudden mad impulse; he may be penitent and amend; but a spy is always a spy, night and day, in bed, at table, as he walks abroad; his vileness pervades every moment of his life Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Life is simply what out feelings do to us."
Life is simply what out feelings do to us. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "I belong to the opposition party, which is called life."
I belong to the opposition party, which is called life. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the..."
The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance. 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
There are men who put the weight of a coffin into their deliberations as they bargain for Cashmere shawls for their wives, as they go up the staircase of a theatre, or think of going to the Bouffons, or of setting up a carriage; who are murderers in thought when dear ones, with the irresistable charm of innocence, hold up childish foreheads to be kissed with a ‘Good-night, father!’ Hourly they meet the gaze of eyes they would fain close forever, eyes that still open each morning to the light.... 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
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: "There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly..."
There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile. 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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