Honore De Balzac Quotes, Passion Quotes, Giving Quotes

For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially during youth.

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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.

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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.

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A vocation is born to us all; happily most of us meet promptly our twin,--occupation.

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I do not regard a broker as a member of the human race.

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God reveals Himself, unfailingly, to the solitary, thoughtful seeker

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Our energies are often stimulated by the necessity of supporting a being weaker than ourselves.

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They ended as all great passions do end - by a misunderstanding.

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As soon as man seeks to penetrate the secrets of Nature--in which nothing is secret and it is but a question of seeing--he realizes that the simple produces the supernatural.

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Love is not only a feeling, it is also an art. A simple word, a sensitive precaution, a mere nothing reveal to a woman the sublime artist who can touch her heart without withering it.

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Can you find a man who loves the occupation that provides him with a livelihood? Professions are like marriages; we end by feeling only their inconveniences.

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Love endows us with a sort of personal religion; we respect another live within ourselves.

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Let nothing dupe you! Such is the horrible maxim that acts as a solvent upon every noble feeling man experiences.

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Friendships last when each friend thinks he has a slight superiority over the other.

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Everything is bilateral in the domain of thought. Ideas are binary. Janus is the myth of criticism and the symbol of genius. Only God is triangular!

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Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks, how he walks, if he has ever walked, if he could walk better, what he achieves in walking .. questions that are tied to all the philosophical, psychological, and political systems which preoccupy the world.

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When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

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For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life.

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It is quite right what they say: the three most beautiful sights in the world are a ship in full sail, a galloping horse, and a woman dancing.

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I prefer thought to action, an idea to a transaction, contemplation to activity.

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