Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorWe must leave vanity to those who have nothing else to exhibit.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorThe brute covers himself, the rich adorns himself, the foolish disguises himself, the elegant dresses himself.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorEquality may be a right, but there is no human power that can ever turn it into a fact.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorLove is the poetry of the senses.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorThose who do not have children miss out on many pleasures, but also avoid many pains.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorIn great crises, the heart breaks or toughens.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorIn revenge, the weakest is always the most fierce.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorThe most sensitive beings are not always the most sensible beings.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorA beautiful book is a victory won in all the battlefields of human thought.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorThe laws are like spiderwebs, through which the big flies pass freely and the small ones get entangled.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorIn women, instinct equals the insight of great men.
Honoré de Balzac
View AuthorBureaucracy is a gigantic machine operated by pygmies.