What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Love and work have the virtues of making a man pretty indifferent to anything else. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Indifference, Love, Work, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Happiness, Intimacy, Relationships, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
People who climb from one rung of society to another can never do anything simply. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Achievement, Complexity, Social mobility, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ The more one judges, the less one loves. Author, March 9, 2023December 25, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Connection, Judgment, Love, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Influence, Interpretation, Subjectivity, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Love endows us with a sort of personal religion; we respect another live within ourselves. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Love, Respect, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Our souls possess the unknown power of extending as well as contracting space. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Contraction, Expansion, Potential, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
To feel, to love, to suffer, to devote herself, will always be the text of the life of woman. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Devotion, Feelings, Love, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
