Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence. Honore de Balzac More Quotes by Honore de Balzac More Quotes From Honore de Balzac If the artist does not fling himself, without reflecting, into his work, as Curtis flung himself into the yawning gulf, as the soldier flings himself into the enemy's trenches, and if, once in this crater, he does not work like a miner on whom the walls of his gallery have fallen in; if he contemplates difficulties instead of overcoming them one by one ... he is simply looking on at the suicide of his own talent. Honore de Balzac wall suicide writing The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. Honore de Balzac passion hope love An unfulfilled vocation drains the color from a man's entire existence. Honore de Balzac being-yourself love-yourself work I can no longer think of anything but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you. I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me. Honore de Balzac thinking-of-you love romantic Fools gain greater advantages through their weakness than intelligent men through their strength. We watch a great man struggling against fate and we do not lift a finger to help him. But we patronize a grocer who is headed for bankruptcy. Honore de Balzac fate struggle men Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine. Honore de Balzac being-alone lonely loneliness There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it. Honore de Balzac cures temptation The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. Honore de Balzac passion literature love A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way. Honore de Balzac husband running thinking There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events. Honore de Balzac real truth war Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man's appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table. Honore de Balzac delight love-is men Virtue, my pet, is an abstract idea, varying in its manifestations with the surroundings. Virtue in Provence, in Constantinople, in London, and in Paris bears very different fruit, but is none the less virtue. Honore de Balzac paris pet ideas Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns. Honore de Balzac reign mischief men Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. Honore de Balzac immensity may love The more you judge, the less you love. Honore de Balzac judgement criticism judging In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. Honore de Balzac pearls literature jewels Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man Honore de Balzac caprice unexpected men The greater a man's talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy. Honore de Balzac originality talent men The first thing necessary to win the heart of a woman is opportunity. Honore de Balzac winning heart opportunity A man is a poor creature compared to a woman. Honore de Balzac poor literature men
