[ honore de balzac Quotes ]
22 Quotations
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All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.
[ Emotions ]
Honore De Balzac
29 votes
Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.
[ Government ]
Honore De Balzac
8 votes
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.
[ Equality ]
Honore De Balzac
26 votes
If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.
[ Painters and Painting ]
Honore De Balzac
13 votes
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
[ Pleasure ]
Honore De Balzac
19 votes
Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.
[ Manners ]
Honore De Balzac
12 votes
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
[ Modesty ]
Honore De Balzac
6 votes
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
[ Action ]
Honore De Balzac
27 votes
Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
[ Fools and Foolishness ]
Honore De Balzac
26 votes
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
[ Passion ]
Honore De Balzac
28 votes
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
[ Power ]
Honore De Balzac
28 votes
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
[ Forgiveness ]
Honore De Balzac
32 votes
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
[ Love ]
Honore De Balzac
22 votes
To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.
[ Laughter ]
Honore De Balzac
28 votes
Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
[ Vocation ]
Honore De Balzac
28 votes
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
[ Exaggeration ]
Honore De Balzac
28 votes
You may imitate, but never counterfeit.
[ Imitation ]
Honore De Balzac
18 votes
