What did Honoré de Balzac mean by: We flew back home like swallows. ‘Is it happiness that makes us so light?’ Agathe asked. Honoré de Balzac Writer · France Copy
They ended as all great passions do end – by a misunderstanding. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Conclusion, Misunderstanding, Passion, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Detachment, Independence, Tranquility, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Numbers are intellectual witnesses that belong only to mankind. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Intellectual, Mankind, Numbers, 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
Whoever does not visit Paris regularly will never really be elegant. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Elegance, Sophistication, Travel, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Reproach is usually honest, which is more than can be said of praise. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Honesty, Praise, Reproach, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Marriage must fight constantly against a monster which devours everything: routine. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Routine, Struggle, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Honoré de Balzac, Anticipation, Miseries, Misfortunes, 0 Honoré de Balzac Writer · France
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t wait to be happy to laugh… You may die and never have laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
