What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.’ Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Let us leave the cure of public evils to those quacks, the statesmen. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Criticism, Politics, Responsibility, 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
Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Intellectual, Mankind, Numbers, 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
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Connection, Devotion, Love, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Envy lurks at the bottom of the human heart like a viper in its hole. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Envy, Heart, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Misfortune, Social, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Believe everything you hear said of the world; nothing is too impossibly bad. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Cynicism, Negativity, Skepticism, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I don’t need to be everywhere because my art pieces can talk for themselves. Jeppe Hein Artist · Denmark
