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24a49c6 Suferinta sfinteste totul. Honoré de Balzac
a48a759 The viscountess had raised the forefinger of her right hand and made a pretty gesture toward a stool at her feet. There was such intense tyrannical passion in the gesture that the marquis relinquished the doorknob and came back. woman grace power Honoré de Balzac
519fbf1 However, she wouldn't be the first person to mistrust her nearest and dearest yet confide in the first stranger who comes along: a strange but true quirk of behaviour, whose root is easily traced to the human heart. Some people perhaps have nothing left to gain from those they live with; having revealed the emptiness of their souls, they secretly feel themselves to be judged with deserved severity; however, as they have a powerful craving f.. Honoré de Balzac
8da6cee Conscience, my dear, is a kind of stick that everyone picks up to thrash his neighbor with, but one he never uses against himself. Honoré de Balzac
f0c0f87 Misfortune is a kind of talisman whose virtue consists in its power to confirm our original nature; in some men it increases their distrust and malignancy, just as it improves the goodness of those who have a kind heart. Honoré de Balzac
6cb19c7 Poverty has in its favour an exquisite sleep filled with beautiful dreams. poverty hope Honoré de Balzac
a400b69 V samom dele, ne oshibaetsia li tot, kto voobrazhaet, chto chuvstva umiraiut i rozhdaiutsia vnov'? Vozniknuv, oni zhivut vechno v glubine nashego serdtsa. Oni dremliut i probuzhdaiutsia po vole sluchaia; no navsegda ostaiutsia v dushe i meniaiut ee. feelings Honoré de Balzac
2cd9160 She was, as you know already without as yet knowing anything, the Lily of this valley, where she grew for heaven, filling it with the fragrance of her virtues. Honoré de Balzac
d2029cf Vera v sebia sposobna tvorit' takie zhe chudesa, kak vera v Gospoda Boga. self-confidence Honoré de Balzac
72a49f5 A ignorancia e a mae de todos os crimes, porque um crime e, antes de mais, uma falta de raciocinio. ignorancia Honoré de Balzac
9b56ade Durante a rapida estacao em que a mulher permanece em flor, os caracteres da sua beleza servem admiravelmente bem a dissimulacao a qual a sua fraqueza natural e as leis sociais a condenam. Sob o rico colorido do seu vicoso rosto, sob o fogo dos seus olhos, sob a fina textura das suas feicoes tao delicadas, com tantas linhas curvas ou retas, mas puras e perfeitamente determinadas, todas as suas comocoes podem permanecer secretas: o rubor ent.. Honoré de Balzac
e382e46 If laws and principles were fixed and invariable, nations would not change them as readily as we change our shirts. Honoré de Balzac
6bef1b0 Emile was a journalist who had acquired more reputation by doing nothing than others from a successful productive career. A bold, biting, spirited critic, he possessed all the qualities of his defects. Jovial and outspoken, he would blister a friend to his face with a thousand sarcasms but, behind his back, he would defend him with courage and loyalty. He made fun of everything, his own prospects included. Always short of money, he remained.. Honoré de Balzac
f1b178a No one was irritable; we have never known anyone to remain unhappy while digesting a good meal. We enjoy lingering in a becalmed state, a kind of midpoint between the reverie of a thinker and the contentment of a cud-chewing animal, a state that should be termed the physical melancholy of gastronomy. gastronomy red-inn satiation melancholy Honoré de Balzac
5ad8d65 Existe un algo grande y espantoso en el suicidio. Las caidas de muchas personas no son peligrosas, son como las de los ninos, que caen tan a ras del suelo que no se hacen dano; mas cuando un gran hombre se estrella, ha de venir de muy alto, haberse elevado hasta los cielos, haber entrevisto algun paraiso inaccesible. !Cuan implacables han de ser los huracanes que le fuerzan a pedir la paz del alma a la boca de una pistola! !Cuantos talentos.. realismo-romántico Honoré de Balzac
e5f3af1 there is something still more appalling than the ingratitude of daughters who have cast off their old father and wish that he were dead, and that is a rivalry between two sisters. Honoré de Balzac
561c572 There will be nothing you may not aspire to; you will go everywhere, and you will find out what the world is -- an assemblage of fools and knaves. Honoré de Balzac
6d76a3c adore a genoux quand on n'a pas pu l'enterrer sous la boue. La corruption est en force, le talent est rare. Ainsi, la corrup- tion est l'arme de la mediocrite qui abonde, et vous en sentirez partout la pointe. Honoré de Balzac
d303640 Where some one else's welfare is concerned, a young girl becomes as ingenious as a thief. Guileless where she herself is in question, and full of foresight for me,--she is like a heavenly angel forgiving the strange incomprehensible sins of earth. young-ladies Honoré de Balzac
fbb9be9 Baskalarinin mutlulugu, artik mutlu olamayacaklarin sevinci olur. Honoré de Balzac
73bd354 Si les Francais ont autant de repugnance que les Anglais ont de propension pour les voyages, peut-etre les Francais et les Anglais ont-ils raison de part et d'autre. On trouve partout quelque chose de meilleur que l'Angleterre, tandis qu'il est excessivement difficile de retrouver loin de la France les charmes de la France. Honoré de Balzac
88e2ec0 He became...the ideal of that virtue which delights in its own work...doing everything with simplicity and dignity, for he seemed to realize that his objective added nobility to everything he did. sacrifice work diligence devotion Honoré de Balzac
5d1a9b6 Elle etait jolie par juxtaposition. Honoré de Balzac
930fd85 What place indeed is there in the shallow petty frivolous thing called society for noble thoughts and feelings? Honoré de Balzac
f67991e Croyez-le, le veritable amour est eternel, infini, toujours semblable a lui-meme ; il est egal et pur, sans demonstrations violentes ; il se voit en cheveux blancs, toujours jeune de coeur." "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." (Always from Kindle Alexander)" Honoré de Balzac
d74f42e The region is a desert of stones, a solitude with a character of its own, an arid spot, which could only be inhabited by beings who had either attained to absolute nullity, or were gifted with some abnormal strength of soul. Honoré de Balzac
c0fa608 Yes,' Montriveau went on in an unsteady voice, 'this Catholic faith to which you wish to convert me is a lie that men make for themselves; hope is a lie at the expense of the future; pride, a lie between us and our fellows; and pity, and prudence, and terror are cunning lies. And now my happiness is to be one more lying delusion; I am expected to delude myself, to be willing to give gold coin for silver to the end. If you can so easily disp.. Honoré de Balzac
277379a Happiness is the inner poetry of women, just as fine clothes are the mask of beauty women happiness Honoré de Balzac
a615bd5 Surely a man must be in a parlours state to excite pity, extremely weak to inspire sympathy, or very evil-looking to make a soul tremble in a den like this, where pain must hold its tongue, poverty remain cheerful, and despair retain its self respect. Honoré de Balzac
a6685fb This costume, utterly uncouth, seemed to have been invented as a final test of grace, and to show that there was nothing too ridiculous for fashion to consecrate. Honoré de Balzac
f03f734 J'ai ete enterre sous les morts ; mais, maintenant, je suis enterre sous des vivants, sous des actes, sous des faits, sous la societe tout entiere, qui veut me faire rentrer sous terre! Honoré de Balzac
fc67a1a Mais que peuvent les malheureux? Ils aiment, voila tout. Honoré de Balzac
555eceb Zor gecen gunler vardir, dedim. -Ruhumu okudunuz, dedi. Peki ama, nasil? - O kadar cok bakimlardan birbirimize benziyoruz ki! diye karsilik verdim. Aci cekmek icin de, zevk duymak icin de imtiyazli yaratilmis yaratiklardan- sayisi pek az olan o yaratiklardan- degil miyiz ikimiz de? Bu gibilerin duyarliklari hep birden titresir, icten ice derin yankilar dogurur, sinir duzenleri her seyin olmasi gereken ilkesiyle uyum halindedir. Onlari her s.. Honoré de Balzac
8c7fa4d You have wavered uncertainly between two systems, between drawing and coloring, between the painstaking phlegm, the stiff precision, of the old German masters, and the dazzling ardor, the happy fertility, of the Italian painters. Honoré de Balzac
5478c2d However," he continued, "this canvas is preferable to the paintings of that varlet Rubens, with his mountains of Flemish flesh sprinkled with vermilion, his waves of red hair and his medley of colors." Honoré de Balzac
1bc96df am fully convinced that it is impossible for a woman, even if she were born close to a throne, to acquire before the age of five-and-twenty the encyclopaedic knowledge of trifles, the practice of manoeuvring, the important small things, the musical tones and harmony of coloring, the angelic bedevilments and innocent cunning, the speech and the silence, the seriousness and the banter, the wit and the obtuseness, the diplomacy and the ignoran.. Honoré de Balzac
dbdb47a The savage has only impulse; the civilized man has impulses and ideas. And in the savage the brain retains, as we may say, but few impressions, it is wholly at the mercy of the feeling that rushes in upon it; while in the civilized man, ideas sink into the heart and change it; he has a thousand interests and many feelings, where the savage has but one at a time. Honoré de Balzac
efc7e46 I had youth, beauty, two advantages conferred by chance, and of which we are as proud as if they were hard-won. Honoré de Balzac
7f62332 No vivimos nosotros tambien de muertos? Pues ?que son las herencias? Honoré de Balzac
832fd6e A line is a method of expressing the effect of light upon an object; but there are no lines in Nature, everything is solid. We draw by modeling, that is to say, that we disengage an object from its setting; the distribution of the light alone gives to a body the appearance by which we know it. Honoré de Balzac
a9fb08f Mankind are not perfect, but one age is more or less hypocritical than another, and then simpletons say that its morality is high or low. Honoré de Balzac
0de98f4 We women never care about anything that no one else will take. Honoré de Balzac
32fdcd2 Le monde est un bourbier, tachons de rester sur les hauteurs. Honoré de Balzac
f9ac3a4 La avaricia, como el amor, posee el don de la vision de los acontecimientos futuros, que presiente y adivina. Honoré de Balzac
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