Honore de Balzac

Quotes by Honore de Balzac

 

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Honore de Balzac

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Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Honore de Balzac

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If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

Honore de Balzac

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I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.

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