Site uses cookies to provide basic functionality.

OK
Query
Tags
Author
1 2 3 4 5
Link Quote Stars Tags Author
6b64fc4 Dusuncelerimi kendi uzerime cevirerek dusundum: Kendisinin de ozgur kalmasini dileyecek kadar sevmiyordu beni. Sevgi suc islemekten kacinirsa siniri var gibi gorunur bize; oysa sevgi sonsuz olmalidir. Kalbim korkunc burkuldu. "Sevmiyor beni!" diye dusundum." Honoré de Balzac
dac789f Christianity and monarchy are twin principles. Honoré de Balzac
2cc576b Le grand monde a son argot. Mais cet argot s'appelle le style. société style Honoré de Balzac
05104d4 If we could picture the thoughts of those who stand about a deathbed, what fearful sights should we not see? Money is always the motive-spring of the schemes elaborated, of all the plans that are made and the plots that are woven about it! Honoré de Balzac
11a19a1 Retrouver Paris! savez-vous ce que c'est, o Parisiens? Honoré de Balzac
55aee2a Women always persuade men they have made into sheep that they are lions with a will of iron. Honoré de Balzac
5b4b424 All is true, - so true, that every one can discern the elements of the tragedy in his own house, perhaps in his own heart. Honoré de Balzac
26101a1 Le sentiment que l'homme supporte le plus difficilement est la pitie, surtout quand il la merite. La haine est un tonique, elle fait vivre, elle inspire la vengeance; mais la pitie tue, elle affaiblit encore notre faiblesse. Honoré de Balzac
4901132 In looking forward to what remains to be done, my readers will perhaps echo what my publishers say, "Please God to spare you!" I only ask to be less tormented by men and things than I have hitherto been since I began this terrific labor. I" -- Honoré de Balzac
345c166 And why should I not confess that this friendship, and the testimony here and there of persons unknown to me, have upheld me in my career, both against myself and against unjust attacks; against the calumny which has often persecuted me, against discouragement, and against the too eager hopefulness whose utterances are misinterpreted as those of overwhelming conceit? I had resolved to display stolid stoicism in the face of abuse and insults.. Honoré de Balzac
4541cbc El error de los hombres superiores es gastar los anos de su juventud en hacerse dignos de la estimacion de los demas. realismo-romántico Honoré de Balzac
3c76753 Truth is less complete in its utterance; it does not put everything on the outside; it allows us to see what is within. Honoré de Balzac
15234a7 Do you know, my dear fellow," Derville went on after a pause, "there are in modern society three men who can never think well of the world--the priest, the doctor, and the man of law? And they wear black robes, perhaps because they are in mourning for every virtue and every illusion. The most hapless of the three is the lawyer. When a man comes in search of the priest, he is prompted by repentance, by remorse, by beliefs which make him inte.. Honoré de Balzac
fbe9b0c La verdadera pasion se expresa con gritos, con suspiros fastidiosos para el hombre frio. realismo-romántico Honoré de Balzac
c252959 Basta a un joven encontrar una mujer que no le ama o que le quiere demasiado para que su vida quede desordenada. La felicidad engulle nuestras fuerzas como el infortunio mata nuestras virtudes. romanticismo Honoré de Balzac
9fdd91e Butun kotu gunleri mutlu gecirilmis bir tek gun silebilir. Honoré de Balzac
a7919d6 There everything is tolerated: the government and the guillotine, religion and the cholera. You are always acceptable to this world, you will never be missed by it. What, then, is the dominating impulse in this country without morals, without faith, without any sentiment, wherein, however, every sentiment, belief, and moral has its origin and end? It is gold and pleasure. Take Honoré de Balzac
93625dc Were it not for the cabarets, would not the Government be overturned every Tuesday? Happily, by Tuesday, this people is glutted, sleeps off its pleasure, is penniless, and returns to its labor, to dry bread, stimulated by a need of material procreation, which has become a habit to it. None Honoré de Balzac
c399542 Only, the working-man dies in hospital when the last term of his stunted growth expires; whereas the man of the middle class is set upon living, and lives on, but in a state of idiocy. You Honoré de Balzac
5257ab4 pension Honoré de Balzac
a52237d I left, stifling my generous impulse, for I have often observed that while a charitable act may do no harm to the benefactor, it is death to the one who receives it. Honoré de Balzac
6a5937f in order not to make him a fixed idea, a regret, a struggle,--three things which poison life. Honoré de Balzac
a24cdd8 The rout, that dreary review of fashionable fineries, that parade of well-dressed self-infatuations, is one of those English inventions currently the other nations. England seems determined to see the entire world bored just as she is, and just as bored as she. english england Honoré de Balzac
6d1c4ea build no barricades when no one attacks you. Don't excite tempests of heart and conscience merely to pacify your conscience and quiet your heart, now ruffled only by a tiny breeze. Honoré de Balzac
871b8bc Today, when everything is intellectual competition, a man must be capable of sitting in his chair at a desk for forty-eight hours straight just as a general had to sit for two days in his saddle on horseback. Honoré de Balzac
794f2c7 In Paris extremes are made to meet by passion. Vice is constantly binding the rich to the poor, the great to the mean. Honoré de Balzac
ba04154 Le journalisme est un enfer, un abime d'iniquites, de mensonges, de trahisons, que l'on ne peut traverser et d'ou l'on ne peut sortir pur, que protege comme Dante par le divin laurier de Virgile. Honoré de Balzac
00b614b It was no small task to depict the two or three thousand conspicuous types of a period; for this is, in fact, the number presented to us by each generation, and which the Human Comedy will require. This crowd of actors, of characters, this multitude of lives, needed a setting -- if I may be pardoned the expression, a gallery. Hence the very natural division, as already known, into the Scenes of Private Life, of Provincial Life, of Parisian,.. Honoré de Balzac
49a2696 Pourquoi deux mois de prison au dandy qui, dans une nuit, ote a un enfant la moitie de sa fortune, et pourquoi le bagne au pauvre diable qui vole un billet de mille francs avec les circonstances aggravantes ? Voila vos lois. Il Honoré de Balzac
ace1d65 If only I could bear all your sorrows for you! . . . Ah! you were so happy when you were little and still with me -- Honoré de Balzac
1972e5a became Secretary to the King's Council, at which time he changed his name to Balzac and added the particle de, both of which denoted nobility. Bernard-Francois's marriage to Balzac's mother, Anne Laure Sallambier, was a union made for purposes of convenience, rather than love. Although there was a thirty-two year age difference between the two, Balzac's mother came from a wealthy family of drapemakers and thus held great appeal. Her substan.. Honoré de Balzac
8b8bca8 Qual sera o destino de Helene? O meu, certamente. Que meios tem as maes de assegurar as suas filhas que o homem ao qual elas serao entregues sera o esposo de seus coracoes? As pobres criaturas que se vendem por alguns trocados a um homem qualquer sao humilhadas, mas a fome e a necessidade absolvem essas unioes efemeras; enquanto a sociedade tolera e encoraja a uniao imediata, da mesma maneira horrivel, de uma jovem menina ingenua e de um ho.. realism Honoré de Balzac
607768d He had eaten as much as a travelling actor and drunk like the sands of the desert" Maxence Gilet" Honoré de Balzac
2c9c15c Le char de la civilisation, semblable a celui de l'idole de Jaggernaut, a peine retarde par un coeur moins facile a broyer que les autres et qui enraye sa roue, l'a brise bientot et continue sa marche glorieuse. Honoré de Balzac
9d7ed45 Men bow before the power of genius; they hate it, and try to slander it, because genius does not divide the spoil; but if genius persists, they bow before it. Honoré de Balzac
3bf6dac En toute situation, les femmes ont plus de causes de douleur que n'en a l'homme, et souffrent plus que lui. L'homme a sa force et l'exercice de la puissance; il agit, il va, il s'occupe, il pense, il embrasse l'avenir et y trouve des consolations. Mais la femme demeure; elle reste face a face avec le chagrin, dont rien ne la distrait; elle descend jusqu'au fond de l'abime qu'elle a ouvert, le mesure et souvent le comble de ses voeux et de s.. Honoré de Balzac
1e0899e If I'd had a man of my own, I'd have followed him . . . down to hell. Honoré de Balzac
0ab565e So an honest man is the common enemy. Honoré de Balzac
e183ab2 Hemen hepimiz her sabah, yuregimiz aska susamis, icimiz icimize sigmayarak yola cikariz. Sonra, butun varligimiz aci deneylerden gectigi, insanlarin ve olaylarin icine dustugumuz zaman her sey, yavas yavas ve hic farkinda olmadan kuculur, kala kala geriye bir kul yigininin icindeki bir altin parcacigi kalir. Hayat dedigin budur iste! Gercek hayat, oldugu gibi hayat! Honoré de Balzac
42ec5f1 Se ciascuno pensa solo a se stesso e non si fida che di se stesso, come volete che ci sia coraggio civile, dal momento che questa virtu si basa sulla rinuncia a se stessi? Coraggio civile e coraggio militare nascono dallo stesso principio. Voi siete chiamati a dare la vostra vita in un sol momento, la nostra si consuma a goccia a goccia. Da entrambe le parti e la stessa lotta, sotto forme diverse. Non basta essere onesti per far progredire .. progress wisdom Honoré de Balzac
40c271f Quelque mal que l'on te dise du monde, crois-le ! il n'y a pas de Juvenal qui puisse en peindre l'horreur couverte d'or et de pierreries. Honoré de Balzac
5d33872 My dear Pierre, the affair is clear, you'll have your head chopped off. Let that be a lesson to you! Honoré de Balzac
cbdf6a3 Wisdom is the understanding of celestial things to which the Spirit is brought by Love. Honoré de Balzac
eb26dcf Man dies in despair while the Spirit dies in ecstasy. Honoré de Balzac
1 2 3 4 5