More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
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.
Behind every fortune there is a crime.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
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.
If you are to judge a man, you must know his secret thoughts, sorrows, and feelings; to know merely the outward events of a man's life would only serve to make a chronological table-a fool's notion of history.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
