Memorable Quotes and quotations from Honore de BalzacHonore de Balzac French realist novelist (1799 - 1850)Honore de Balzac - - Imagination helps bring out the realism of every detail and only sees the beauties of the work. Honore de Balzac - - The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. Honore de Balzac - - No man should marry before he has studied anatomy and dissected the body of a woman. Honore de Balzac - - Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact. Honore de Balzac - - First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint a second time. Honore de Balzac - - Behind every great fortune there is a crime. Honore de Balzac - - Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. Honore de Balzac - - The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. Honore de Balzac - - Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Honore de Balzac - - Behind every great fortune there is a crime. Honore de Balzac - - All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual. Honore de Balzac - - First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint a second time. Honore de Balzac - - Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. Honore de Balzac - - All human power is a compound of time and patience. Honore de Balzac - - This coffee plunges into the stomach...the mind is aroused, and ideas pour forth like the battalions of the Grand Army on the field of battle.... Memories charge at full gallop...the light cavalry of comparisons deploys itself magnificently; the artillery of logic hurry in with their train of ammunition; flashes of wit pop up like sharp-shooters. Honore de Balzac - - I am a galley slave to pen and ink. |
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