More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
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.
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
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.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
