Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition; rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy. Honore de Balzac More Quotes by Honore de Balzac More Quotes From Honore de Balzac When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt. Honore de Balzac doubtgivinglife It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. Honore de Balzac helping-othersmotivationalinspirational How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy! Honore de Balzac insultenvyemotion The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done. Honore de Balzac literaturejudginglying True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure. Honore de Balzac true-lovewhat-is-lovelove-is When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues. Honore de Balzac sisterhoodlovegiving Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. Honore de Balzac winetealove Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own. Honore de Balzac self-sacrificesacrificehappiness The more one judges, the less one loves. Honore de Balzac positivityinspiringlove Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought. Honore de Balzac poetrypainfuljourney Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance Honore de Balzac moments-of-happinessmomentsignorance There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. Honore de Balzac willpowertalentinspirational A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once. Honore de Balzac nudityskirtsnaked Where poverty ceases, avarice begins. Honore de Balzac avariceceasepoverty If we all said to people's faces what we say behind one another's backs, society would be impossible. Honore de Balzac gossipwould-bepeople It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in Honore de Balzac horsesightbeautiful A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. Honore de Balzac sealovemen God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven. Honore de Balzac dramamenlife Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred. Honore de Balzac climbinghatredheart The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs. Honore de Balzac husbandletting-golying
