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

A husband and wife who have separate bedrooms have either drifted apart or found happiness.

Honore de Balzac
- Wife
- Happiness
- Husband
God is the poet; men are but the actors. The great dramas of earth were written in heaven.

Honore de Balzac
- Heaven
- Actors
- Poet

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

Honore de Balzac
- Eye
- See
- Paint
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
Vivacity is the health of the spirit.

Honore de Balzac
- Health
- Spirit
- Vivacity
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
Among even the happiest married couples there are always moments of regret.

Honore de Balzac
- Regret
- Married
We love because we love.

Honore de Balzac
- Love