Honore de Balzac Quotes

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Honore de Balzac Quotes

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Honore de Balzac

Novelist

Funny

“The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.”

Men Fashion Fool

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Honore de Balzac

Novelist

Angry

“Hatred like love feeds on the merest trifles. Everything adds to it. Just as the being we love can do no wrong, so the one we hate can do no right.”

Hate Hatred Like Love

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Courageous

“An ounce of courage will go farther with women than a pound of timidity.”

Pounds Timidity

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Grateful

“Love is perhaps no more than gratitude for pleasure.”

Love Love Is

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Love

“Vulgar souls look hastily and superficially at the sea and accuse it of monotony; other more privileged beings could spend a lifetime admiring it and discovering new and changing phenomena that delight them. So it is with love.”

Love Soul Sea

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Love

“A woman's greatest charm consists in a constant appeal to a man's generosity by a gracious declaration of helplessness which fills him with pride and awakens the most magnificent feelings in his heart.”

Men Heart Pride

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Creative

“Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.”

Journey Poetry

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Wise

“Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.”

Men Born

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Lonely

“The privilege of feeling at home everywhere belongs only to kings, wolves and robbers.”

Home Feelings

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Angry

“Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.”

Selfishness Courtesy

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Philosophical

“The impossible is justified by the fact that it occurred”

Inspirational Facts

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Spiritual

“For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.”

Men Feet

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