What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: A man’s own vanity is a swindler that never lacks for a dupe. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Decay, Routine, Struggle, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Pity, Society, Victim, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Fortune, Intelligence, Time, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Envy, Mediocrity, Pity, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Illness, Isolation, Perspective, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Immensity, Love, Revelation, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
The greatest tyranny is to love I where we are not loved again. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Love, Rejection, Tyranny, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Potential, Youth, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
