More Quotes by Honoré de Balzac
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.
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice.
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own.
When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt.
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance
There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.
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.
