What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Some troubles, like a protested note of a solvent debtor, bear interest. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Debt, Interest, Troubles, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn’t, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Impact, Passion, Regret, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Towns find it as hard as houses of business to rise again from ruin. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Recovery, Resilience, Struggle, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
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
To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Humor, Impact, Social dynamics, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Remorse is impotence, impotence which sins again. Repentance alone is powerful; it ends all. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Impotence, Remorse, Repentance, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
We do not attach ourselves lastingly to anything that has not cost us care, labor or longing. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Attachment, Effort, Value, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Separation, Silence, Unity, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Religion is the everlasting dialogue between humanity and God. Art is its soliloquy. Franz Werfel Novelist · Austria
All men’s misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Extremes are vicious, and proceed from men; compensation is just, and proceeds from God. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Art is the gift of God, and must be used unto His glory. That in art is highest which aims at this. Michelangelo Artist · Italy
