There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances. Honore de Balzac More Quotes by Honore de Balzac More Quotes From Honore de Balzac Do you know what is the hardest thing in life? To make a choice. Honore de Balzac hardestthings-in-lifechoices Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable. Honore de Balzac capacityforgetmemories It's catastrophies which turn wise and strong people into philosophers. Honore de Balzac strongwisepeople People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are. Honore de Balzac unhappinessunfortunatepeople Stupidity assumes two forms, it speaks or is silent. Mute stupidity is bearable. Honore de Balzac assumingstupiditytwo The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers. Honore de Balzac motherlyinghands Women themselves are so happy, and so beautiful, when they're strong, that they naturally choose powerful men, even if that power's so enermous there's a real risk it could shatter them. Honore de Balzac powerfulstrongbeautiful Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother! Honore de Balzac brotherkingsmother Suicide, moreover, was at the time in vogue in Paris: what more suitable key to the mystery of life for a skeptical society? Honore de Balzac pariskeyssuicide Vivacity is the health of the spirit. Honore de Balzac vivacityspirit Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. Honore de Balzac romancepassionart Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Honore de Balzac trifleslike-lovehatred Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other. Honore de Balzac real-friendsbest-friendfriendship There are no little events with the heart. It magnifies everything; it places in the same scales the fall of an empire of fourteen years and the dropping of a woman's glove, and almost always the glove weighs more than the empire. Honore de Balzac womenheartfall Are not our noblest feelings as it were the poems of our will. Honore de Balzac feelings The habits of life form the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence. Honore de Balzac habitsoulliterature A woman must be a genius to create a good husband. Honore de Balzac marriagegeniushusband The union of a want and a sentiment. Honore de Balzac unionspoetrylove Virtue is always too much of a piece and too ignorant of those shades of feeling and of temperament that enable us to squint when we are placed in a false position. Honore de Balzac ignorantpiecesfeelings They ended as all great passions do end - by a misunderstanding. Honore de Balzac great-passionpassionends
