Honoré de Balzac Quotes

In great crises, the heart breaks or toughens.

In revenge, the weakest is always the most fierce.

The most sensitive beings are not always the most sensible beings.

A beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought.

The laws are like spiderwebs, through which the big flies pass freely and the small ones get entangled.

In women, instinct equals the insight of great men.

Bureaucracy is a gigantic machine operated by pygmies.

Time is the only capital of people who have nothing but their intelligence for fortune.

He who knows how to govern a woman knows how to govern a state.

There is no great talent without great will.

Never in life will you find tenderness better and more selfless than that of your mother.

The old man is a man who has already eaten and watches how others eat.