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
judging criticism
The more you judge, the less you love.
art effort counterfeit
Art's greatest efforts are invariably a timid counterfeit of Nature.
love wine tea
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
coffee espresso people
Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring.
time compounds humans
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
family mothers-day mom
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
letting-go husband lying
The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
liberty libertarian giants
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
angel men compassion
Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
teacher looks lessons
A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
true-love love-is what-is-love
True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, ...
fear hands together
Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
dupes emotion victim
Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
inspirational willpower talent
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.