The best Quotes by Honoré de Balzac

The best Quotes by Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de 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.

Superstition is a sign of a weak mind.

Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God.

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

One of Paris' amenities is that you can be born here, live here, die here without anyone even noticing.

Le Père Goriot, 1834-1835

To say to a rich man: You are poor! is to tell the Archbishop of Granada that his sermons are worthless.

One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

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Laws are spider webs through which the big flies pass and the little ones get caught.

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Love is the poetry of the senses.

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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

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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.

Père Goriot

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Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.

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He is strong, who admits his weakness.

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Strength Weaknesses

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So you're single? In Paris? Now I'm even more jealous. I mean, your life is croissants and sex.

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If Paris is a city of lights, Sydney is the city of fireworks.

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An artist has no home in Europe except in Paris.

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Quagmire: "You got to help me. I'm looking for a little boy with red overalls and a yellow shirt."
French Man: "You are looking to buy or to rent?"
Quagmire: "What? No! God! How is Paris considered a classy city?"
French Man: "The buildings are beautiful, the people are trash."

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Do you realize this city is laid out in circles? Like they deliberately designed it to confuse us.

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Paris seems like a big city, but it's really just a small town.

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It takes much more courage to be in love than it does for war.

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You say you love rain, but you use an umbrella to walk under it. You say you love sun, but you seek shade when it is shining. You say you love wind, but when it comes, you close your window. So that's why I'm scared when you say you love me.

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The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

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Love Hurting Sad Quotes

In my experience, it is unwise to live one's life guessing after signs and portents.

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A mother's love is the ultimate comfort.

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Granada is one of the most fascinating cities in the world, and its geographical location must also be added to its rich heritage.

William Shakespeare

So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

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Remember, with great power. comes great responsibility!

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Power Responsibility Strength

And if you think tough men are dangerous, wait until you see what weak men are capable of.

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