Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring. HONORE DE BALZAC BoredomCoffeePeople
Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane. HONORE DE BALZAC AlcoholEndGreatnessLoveStart
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. HONORE DE BALZAC GreatnessPowerTalentWilling
A man wastes his time going to hear some of our eloquent modern preachers; they may change his opinions, but never his conduct. HONORE DE BALZAC ChangeConductManOpinionTimeWasted Time
No woman dares to refuse love without a motive, for nothing is more natural than to yield to love. HONORE DE BALZAC DareLoveMotiveNaturalWoman
The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other. HONORE DE BALZAC CommandDifferentFactKindLoveObedienceOneselfPassionQuite
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. HONORE DE BALZAC ArtHumanityPassionReligionRomanceUniversalWasted
Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman. HONORE DE BALZAC ManPhysicalTimeWoman
