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Honoré de Balzac Quotes

1799–1850 France

Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist. Along with Flaubert, he is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European literature.

France
Novelists
Playwrights
Short story writers

Also known as: Balzac, Balzac, Honoré de, Honore De Balzac, Honore de Balzac

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Who would not at the present moment wish to retain the persuasion that wives are virtuous? Are they not the supreme flower of the country? Are they not all blooming creatures, fascinating the world by their beauty, their youth, their life and their love? To believe in their virtue is a sort of social religion, for they are the ornament of the world, and form the chief glory of France.

Physiology of Marriage (1829)

Glory is the sun of the dead.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

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Man has sufficient cause for tears without adding to them by books.

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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Honoré de Balzac (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.