What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Confidence, Courage, Relationships, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Disillusionment, Philosophy, Reflection, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Everybody all over the world takes a wife’s estimate into account in forming an opinion of a man. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Influence, Perception, Relationships, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
One of the most detestable habits of Lilliputian minds is to find their own littleness in others. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Comparison, Insecurity, Judgement, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
The most real of all splendors are not in outward things, they are within us. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Inward, Realism, Splendor, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
+ The more one judges, the less one loves. Author, March 9, 2023December 25, 2024, Honoré de Balzac, Connection, Judgment, Love, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Little minds find satisfaction for their feelings, good or bad, in little things. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Emotions, Perception, Satisfaction, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
It’s not enough to be a good person. You also have to show it. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Action, Integrity, Morality, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I believe that while art is always beyond morality, it is never above it. Read explanation Jennifer Stone Actress · USA
A party spirit betrays the greatest men to act as meanly as the vulgar herd. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is not badness, it is the absence of goodness, which, in Art as in Life, is so depressing. Freya Stark Explorer · United Kingdom
