More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
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.
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 husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
