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Honore de Balzac Quotes

Honore de Balzac quotes about time

French Novelist May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850

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It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from..."
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint a second time. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what..."
Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society? 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
It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Finance, like time, devours its own children."
Finance, like time, devours its own children. Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac quote: "Time is the only capital of those who just have their..."
Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune. Honore de Balzac

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