Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac
Honoré de Balzacbal.zak], born Honoré Balzac, 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth20 May 1799
CountryFrance
solitude answers pleasure
We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.
space soul wells
Our souls possess the unknown power of extending as well as contracting space.
two balls gowns
Materialism and spirituality are two pretty racquets with which charlatans in cap and gown make the same ball fly.
evil cures quacks
Let us leave the cure of public evils to those quacks, the statesmen.
stupid people heaven
Heaven should be kind to stupid people, for no one else can be consistently.
heart pride men
Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?
civilization ignorant would-be
If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.
heart hatred may
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.
beautiful horse sight
It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.
perfect literature mazes
Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
sea lines latitude-and-longitude
No navigator has yet traced lines of latitude and longitude on the conjugal sea.
heart inferiority rivals
No woman has ever existed who did not know perfectly well in her heart what to expect from the superiority or inferiority of a rival.
happiness revenge world
The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.
uncles niece palaces
When she lives at his palace, the maiden niece of a bishop can pass for a respectable woman because, if she has a love affair, she is obliged to hoodwink her uncle.