More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian, a treasure for a man of parts, and an abyss for a weakling.
How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
Behind every fortune there is a crime.
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
