A biography for Honore de Balzachasn’t been written yet.
“Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.”
“It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.”
“Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!”
“There is something great and terrible about suicide.”