In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about pleasure
Quotes by Honoré de Balzac, page 2
69 quotes by Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac - french Novelist
Was born on 20 may 1799.
Died on 18 aug 1850, at 51 years old.
Died on 18 aug 1850, at 51 years old.
Origin country: France
It is as absurd to say that a man can't love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about absurd, music, woman, time, love, man
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about action
Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about love
Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about word, nothing
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about marriage
Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about animals, society, nature
No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about woman, man
Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about love, woman
Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about obstacles, being, nothing, good, good luck
Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about faith, friendship, nothing
One should believe in marriage as in the immortality of the soul.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about immortality, marriage, soul
Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about gifts, destiny, blood, liberty, science, nation, peace
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about action, principle, power
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about power
Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
Quote by Honoré de Balzac about society, perfection
