What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: One of the most detestable habits of Lilliputian minds is to find their own littleness in others. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Gender, Sensitivity, Victimization, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Creativity, Inspiration, Vision, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Effectiveness, precision, Strength, 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
No frozen-hearted woman ever I laid eyes on but has made duty her religion. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Duty, Emotion, Religion, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Love based upon money and vanity forms the most stubborn of passions. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Love, Money, Vanity, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Crime, Ethics, Wealth, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Journalism is a giant catapult set in motion by pigmy hatreds. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Hatred, Journalism, Power., 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France
Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Max Liebermann Painter · Germany
