More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
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.
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
