More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
Behind every fortune there is a crime.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
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.
