What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
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
At fifteen, neither beauty nor talent exist: a woman is all promise. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Potential, Youth, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Potential, Womanhood, Youth, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Art, Imagination, Perception, 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
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
Hope is a memory that desires, the memory is a memory that has enjoyed. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Desire, Hope, Memory, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
You cannot pluck love out of your heart as you would pull a tooth. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Attachment, Emotion, Love, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
It is better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than to neglect our duty to the distressed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
If we love (the poor) people, we want to identify with them and share with them. Jean Vanier Philosopher and theologian
We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them. Read explanation Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
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