What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: The man who enters his wife’s dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Fleeting, Love, Mischief, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Honesty, Praise, Reproach, 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
Our happiness often depends upon social hypocrisies to which we will never stoop. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Happiness, Hypocrisy, Social, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Anticipation, Miseries, Misfortunes, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Commitment, Devotion, Responsibility, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Mud, raised by hurricanes, wells up in the noblest and purest of hearts. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Purity, Resilience, Struggle, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
It’s catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Adversity, Transformation, Wisdom, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
When a work appears to be ahead of its time, it is only the time that is behind the work. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
