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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning. (Honore de Balzac) Related concepts: sleep night first husband awake |
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A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. (Honore de Balzac) Related concepts: magnetic great force business attracted |
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A man is a poor creature compared to a woman. (Honore de Balzac) Related concepts: compared creature |
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A mother who is really a mother is never free. (Honore de Balzac) Related concepts: mother never free mother |
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea. (Honore de Balzac) Related concepts: knows knows loves woman |
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A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea. (Honore de Balzac) Related concepts: knows loves sailor knows |
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A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. (Honore de Balzac) Related concepts: young plucked bride guilty flower |
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All human power is a compound of time and patience. (Honore de Balzac) Related concepts: compound patience human |


Born in France, Honore de Balzac is known as one of the best realistic writers of English literature. He was a prolific writer who wrote a lot of short stories and novels along with various dramas as well. La Comedie humaine is one of his most celebrated works as it was a collection of some of his best stories and novels assembled together. It basically depicts ...