More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.
If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible.
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
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.
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
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.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
