Quotes by Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot

Explore a curated collection of 26 quotes by Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls? — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Some day you will find out that there is far more happiness in another's happiness than in your own. — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
If the human heart sometimes finds moments of pause as it ascends the slopes of affection, it rarely halts on the way do — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his feat — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Women are always true, even in the midst of their greatest falsities, because they are always influenced by some natural — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Ah! What pleasure it must be to a woman to suffer for the one she loves! — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Where some one else's welfare is concerned, a young girl becomes as ingenious as a thief. Guileless where she herself is — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
No one ought even to desert a woman after throwing her a heap of gold in her distress! He ought to love her forever! You — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
The viscountess had raised the forefinger of her right hand and made a pretty gesture toward a stool at her feet. There — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
It is always assumed by the empty-headed, who chatter about themselves for want of something better, that people who do — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
What moralists describe as the mysteries of the human heart are solely the deceiving thoughts, the spontaneous impulses — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Was she acting entirely consciously? No: women are always sincere, even in the midst of their most shocking duplicities, — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
How did you get back?' asked Vautrin. 'I walked,' replied Eugene.'I wouldn't like half-pleasures, myself,' observed the — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is cons — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt. — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering, whether by reason of its ge — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Such is life. It is no cleaner than a kitchen; it reeks like a kitchen; and if you mean to cook your dinner, you must ex — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot
Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery — Honoré de Balzac, Père Goriot