Honore de Balzac Quotes

France, Novelist
May 20, 1799 – August, 18, 1850.

Honoré de Balzac (/ˈbɔːlzæk, ˈbæl-/; French: [ɔ.nɔ.ʁe d(ə) bal.zak], born Honoré Balzac, 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.

Also known as Playwright

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

Honore de Balzac
- Eye
- See
- Paint
Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret.

Honore de Balzac
- Regret
- Married
When will conventional good manners become attractive? When will ladies of fashion exhibit their shoulders a little less and their affability and wit a little more?

Honore de Balzac
Nothing can afford a woman greater pleasure than to hear tender words of love. The strictest, most devout woman will listen even if she must not answer.

Honore de Balzac
- Love
- Woman
- Pleasure
Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

Honore de Balzac
- Argument
- Resist
- Yield
He who best knows the world will love it least.

Honore de Balzac
- World
- Love
- Knows