Honoré de Balzac Quotes

“A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future, but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:happiness memory past

“A mother's life, you see, is one long succession of dramas, now soft and tender, now terrible. Not an hour but has its joys and fears.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

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“Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Father Goriot

topic:heart wealth

“The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of hatred.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Father Goriot

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“Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Séraphîta

topic:power

“Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

topic:beauty woman children

“A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

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“Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides

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“In a word, suppressing feelings in order to live to a ripe old age, or dying young by accepting the martyrdom of passion, that is our destiny.”

― Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass’s Skin

topic:passion feelings

“If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.”

― Honoré de Balzac, Father Goriot

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