Quotes by Honoré de Balzac, page 3

Honoré de Balzac - french Novelist

Was born on 20 may 1799.
Died on 18 aug 1850, at 51 years old.

Origin country: France

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about power

Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about society, perfection

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

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The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about country

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about woman

The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the countenance.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about habits, soul, life

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

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The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about husband, man

The more one judges, the less one loves.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about judges

The more you judge, the less you love.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about judges, contentment, love

The most virtuous women have something within them, something that is never chaste.

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The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about wisdom, love

There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about smile

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

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about power, talent, things

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

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Those who spend too fast never grow rich.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about fasting, wealth

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about pleasure, contentment

To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about politics, thinking, nothing

Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about affair

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

HQuote by Honoré de Balzac about politeness, virtue, soul, nothing