What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
Children, dear and loving children, can alone console a woman for the loss of her beauty. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Beauty, Consolation, Youth, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Forgetfulness, Life, Memories, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
A man’s own vanity is a swindler that never lacks for a dupe. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Deception, Self-awareness, Vanity, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Give to a wounded heart seclusion; consolation nor reason ever effected anything in such a case. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Emotion, Healing, Isolation, 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
Wisdom is that apprehension of heavenly things to which the spirit rises through love. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Love, Spirituality, Wisdom, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
The national budget is not a safe-deposit box. It is a spray can. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Accountability, Spending, Transparency, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Perception, Persuasion, Resistance, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
