What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Humanity, Morality, Nature, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
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
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
+ All happiness depends on courage and work. Author, June 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Courage, Happiness, Work, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
France is a country that loves to change their government if it is always the same. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Change, France, Government, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Love is the only passion which suffers neither past nor future. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Love, Passion, Time, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Happiness, Ignorance, Reflection, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine. Author, June 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Connection, Solitude, Validation, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Fine and delicate taste is the fruit of education and experience. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France