836 Quotes by Honoré de Balzac

Man can start with aversion and end with love, but if he begins with love and comes round to aversion he will never get back to love.

В самом деле, не ошибается ли тот, кто воображает, что чувства умирают и рождаются вновь? Возникнув, они живут вечно в глубине нашего сердца. Они дремлют и пробуждаются по воле случая; но навсегда остаются в душе и меняют ее.

Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?

آن ها مرا یاد شاهزاده خانمی می انداختند که وقتی از قطحی نان در میان مردم باخبر شد، پرسیده بود" اکنون که نان ندارند، چرا شیرینی نمی خورند؟

Of necessity she went further in aversion than she had gone in love, for her hatred was not in proportion to her love but to her disappointed hopes.

Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.

چنین زنی که مهم ترین حوادث را نمی توانست به یاد بیاورد، چیزهایی را که به احساساتش مربوط بودند، در سراسر زندگیش، به خاطر می آوردص88، نشر نگاه

No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman.

It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do not discuss their affairs openly must have something to hide.