Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorThe concern for thinking well is not only of interest to philosophers, but also to the simplest of people.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorLaziness, that is, the passion for inaction, has, to triumph, an advantage over other passions, and that is that it demands nothing.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorThe men capable of raising and carrying forward a flag are very few.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorGreat men are simple, while mediocre ones are pompous.
Jaime Luciano Balmes
View AuthorWhen abuses are great and entrenched, the push to uproot them must be strong.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorIt's easier to come across as a good lover than as a husband; because it's easier to be timely and witty from time to time than every day.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorOne can love without being happy; one can be happy without loving; but to love and be happy is something marvelous.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorOne is not a friend of a woman when one can be her lover.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorWhat makes friendships indissoluble and doubles their charm is a feeling that love lacks, certainty.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorIngratitude may stem from the inability to repay.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorBeing jealous is the height of selfishness, it is self-love in deficiency, it is the irritation of false vanity.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorElegance is the science of not doing anything the same as others, while appearing to do everything in the same way as they do.