Honoré de Balzac Quotes

Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Below is a curated collection of the best Honoré de Balzac quotes. ...more

Birth: May 20, 1799 - Death: August 18, 1850

Cruelty and fear shake hands together.

Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims.

Topic(s): Men , Needs , Choices

Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own.

Topic(s): Happiness , Sacrifice , Self Sacrifice

The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.

Topic(s): Men , Husband , Lovers

Marriage must incessantly contend with a monster that devours everything: familiarity.

Topic(s): Literature , Marriage , Monsters

God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.

Topic(s): Men , World , Has Beens

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

Topic(s): Persons , Shy , Crush

Reading brings us unknown friends

Topic(s): Book , Reading

I am not deep, but I am very wide.

Topic(s): Wide

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Topic(s): Art , Literature , Nature

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

Topic(s): Artist , Literature , Force

The mind, too, has its regimen. It needs gymnastics, just like the body does.

Topic(s): Mind , Needs , Doe

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Honoré de Balzac Quotes