More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
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.
Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
