Honore de Balzac Quotes

And thus Bureaucracy, the giant power wielded by pygmies, came into the world.

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden glow, even as the glory of a noble love shines like a sort of light from a woman’s face.

Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the devout worshipper at any shrine reflects something of its golden glow, even as the glory of a noble love shines like a sort of light from a woman’s face.

Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.

Love passes quickly, and passes like a street Arab, anxious to mark his way with mischief.

Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts.

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life.