More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man's life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool's notion of history.
If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
Behind every fortune there is a crime.
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
