Honoré de Balzac Quotes

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- Novelist May 20 , 1799 - August 18 , 1850 Amazon Top 10 Quotes by Honoré de Balzac Read full biography

When a husband and wife have got each other, the devil only knows which has got the other.

Honoré de Balzac

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Honoré de Balzac

We must certainly acknowledge that solitude is a fine thing; but it is a pleasure to have some one who can answer, and to whom we can say, from time to time, that solitude is a fine thing.

Honoré de Balzac

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.

Honoré de Balzac

To provoke laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.

Honoré de Balzac

The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.

Honoré de Balzac

The more one judges, the less one loves.

Honoré de Balzac

The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

Honoré de Balzac

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

Honoré de Balzac

The Physiology of Marriage 1829

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, But by striking true.

Honoré de Balzac

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