What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise. - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
+ A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Great Writers, Martyr, 0 - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Tables, Writing, 0 - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ For young people always begin by loving exaggeration, that infirmity of noble minds. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Mind, Noble, 0 - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ Love is the only way on which even the dim-witted reaches certain heights. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Love, 0 - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Huge, Painting, 0 - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ Our most natural feelings are those we are loath to confess, and fatuity is among them. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Feelings, Natural, 0 - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Art, Poetry, Vision, 0 - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Good Morning, Marriage, 0 - Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
How wealthy the gods would be if we remembered the promises we made when we were in danger. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let us not overstrain our talents, lest we do nothing gracefully. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
I love planting bulbs. It is making promises with tomorrow, believing in next year and the future. - Jean Hersey Author · USA
There is nothing so terrible as the pursuit of art by those who have no talent. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Promises retain men better than services; for hope is to them a chain, and gratitude a thread. - Jean-Antoine Houdon
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent. - Jeanne Moreau Actress · France
