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More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!
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.
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.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
