Honore De Balzac Quotes, Doe Quotes, Martyr Quotes

A great writer is nothing less than a martyr who does not die.

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Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as does not tend to build up this twofold love of God and our neighbor, does not yet understand them as he ought.

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How does it happen, Maecenas, that no one is content with that lot in life which he has chosen, or which chance has thrown in his way, but praises those who follow a different course? [Lat., Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo quam sibi sortem, Seu ratio dederit, seu fors objecerit, illa Contentus vivat? laudet diversa sequentes.]

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What good is a book that does not even transport us beyond all books?

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I call a lie: wanting not to see something one does see, wanting not to see something as one sees it... The most common lie is the lie one tells to oneself; lying to others is relatively the exception.

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Economy does not consist in saving the coal, but in using the time while it burns.

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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. It shouldn't change you. If you're a jerk, you just get to be a bigger jerk. What fame does is magnify who you are and puts that on a platter for the whole world to see.

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One attacks those who possess things that one does not possess. The attack is all the more savage because the one who attacks is destitute and the one who is attacked is well provided. The one who attacks always considers himself to be in the position of legitimate offense.

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She only is chaste, who is chaste where there is no danger of detection: she who does not, because she may not, does.

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One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.

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The soul is not born; it does not die; it was not produced from anyone Unborn, eternal, it is not slain, though the body is slain.

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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.

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Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through the disinterested performance of action.

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Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.

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Anger does not solve anything; it builds nothing.

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The person lives most beautifully who does not reflect upon existence

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Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.

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The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.

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There is seven-eights of it under water for every part that shows. Anything you know you can eliminate and it only strengthens your iceberg. It is the part that doesn't show. If a writer omits something because he does not know it then there is a hole in the story.

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An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.

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