What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: The Parisan, sauntering the streets idly, is as often a man in despair as a lounger. 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
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
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
Law is a silvery web that lets the big flies pass and catches all the small ones. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Inequality, Justice, Power, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
My writing table has seen all my wretchedness, knows all my plans, has overheard all my thoughts. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Intimacy, Isolation, Reflection, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Admiration, Emulation, Envy, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Woman has this in common with angels, that suffering beings belong especially to her. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Care, Compassion, Empathy, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Impact, precision, Strength, 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
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
Art’s only concern with the real is to abolish it, and to substitute for it a new reality Jean Rousset
