Honoré De Balzac Quotes - Page 2

Cruelty and fear shake hands together. An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence.

There's nothing so fearsome as the revolt of a sheep," said de Marsay.

Reading brings us unknown friends

Happiness is the inner poetry of women, just as fine clothes are the mask of beauty

Kaunis ei ole sen arvoista kuin kestävä, ja kestävä, se olen minä!

Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

La femme mariée est une esclave qu'il faut savoir mettre sur un trône.

Hortense was a wife; Valerie a mistress.
Many men desire to have these two editions of the same work, although it is proof of deep inferiority in a man if he cannot make his wife his mistress. Seeking variety is a sign of impotence.

Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

Journalism, look you, is the religion of modern society.

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?

Doing his utmost, deploying all his energy, a young man setting out from zero can wind up after ten years somewhere below where he started.

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.

He looked like some plant bleached by darkness.