56 Quotations by Honore De Balzac
- 41. Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
- 42. Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest.
- 43. Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest.
- 44. The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.
- 45. The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
- 46. The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
- 47. There are moments in life when all that we can bear is the sense that our friend is near us; our wou ...
- 48. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power.
- 49. This coffee plunges into the stomach...the mind is aroused, and ideas pour forth like the battalions ...
- 50. To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that ...
- 51. To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.
- 52. Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
- 53. We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.
- 54. We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
- 55. When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give ...
- 56. You may imitate, but never counterfeit.
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