“Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.” Honore de Balzac Good
“Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.” Honore de Balzac
“Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.” Honore de Balzac ActionPower
“What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two sentiments spontaneously blended?” Honore de Balzac ChildTime
“Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!” Honore de Balzac LibertyPeace
“Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society?” Honore de Balzac LifeTimeSocietySuicideVogueMystery
“Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.” Honore de Balzac
“Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.” Honore de Balzac NaturePassion
“To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.” Honore de Balzac Politics
“Lovers have a way of using this word, nothing, which implies exactly the opposite.” Honore de Balzac LieLove
“Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love.” Honore de Balzac HeavenLoveWisdomSpirit
“It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment.” Honore de Balzac MotherWoman
“A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely concealed.” Honore de Balzac Woman
“Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.” Honore de Balzac DeathFeelSilenceWiseUnite
“A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.” Honore de Balzac
“Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity.” Honore de Balzac Love
“Small natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart” Honore de Balzac NaturePlayQuality
