110 ordspråk av Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
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They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...
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They must have the defects of their qualities.
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Those sweetly smiling angels with pensive looks, innocent faces, and cash-boxes for hearts
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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
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To loaf is a science, to loaf is to live
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To our shame a woman is never so much attached to us as when we suffer
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To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.
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Vocations which we wanted to pursue, and didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence.
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We cannot confront solitude without moral resources.
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We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
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What is art? Nature concentrated.
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