What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Heaven should be kind to stupid people, for no one else can be consistently. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Consistency, Kindness, Stupidity, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Experience, Protection, Relationships, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Women are as they are; they necessarily have the defects of their virtues. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Defects, Femininity, Virtues, 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
+ All happiness depends on courage and work. Author, June 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Courage, Happiness, Work, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
A rent in your clothes is a mishap, a stain on them is a vice. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Appearance, Consequences, Morality, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Emotions, Self-control, Wisdom, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls? Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Death, Judgment, Morality, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Envy and hatred go together. Mutually strengthened by the fact pursue the same object. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I really believe there are some people who hate to contemplate the happiness of others. Jean Plaidy Author · England
We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn’t wish to be. Read explanation Jean Rostand Biologist · France
