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More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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.