However gross a man may be, the minute he expresses a strong and genuine affection, some inner secretion alters his features, animates his gestures, and colors his voice. The stupidest man will often, under the stress of passion, achieve heights of eloquence, in thought if not in language, and seem to move in some luminous sphere. Goriot's voice and gesture had at this moment the power of communication that characterizes the great actor. Are not our finer feelings the poems of the human will?
Passion is born deaf and dumb. - Honore De Balzac
Passion is born deaf and dumb.
- Honore De Balzac
Love which economizes is never true love. - Honore De Balzac
Love which economizes is never true love.
Our greatest fears lie in anticipation. - Honore De Balzac
Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it. - Honore De Balzac
The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.
The more one judges, the less one loves. - Honore De Balzac
The more one judges, the less one loves.
When we drink coffee, ideas march in like the army - Honore De Balzac
When we drink coffee, ideas march in like the army
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian… - Honore De Balzac
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for a Christian…
Behind every fortune there is a crime. - Honore De Balzac
Behind every fortune there is a crime.
Pity is woman's sweetest charm. - Honore De Balzac
Pity is woman's sweetest charm.
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