More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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.
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
Behind every fortune there is a crime.
