Honore de Balzac Quotes About Lying
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Nature knows nothing but solid bodies; your science deals only with combinations of surfaces. And so nature constantly gives the lie to all your laws; can you name one to which no fact makes an exception?
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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 expect to soil your hands; the real art is in getting them clean again, and therein lies the whole morality of our epoch.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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The secret of the nobility and beauty of great ladies lies in the art with which they can shed their veils. In such situations, they become like ancient statues. If they kept the merest scarf on, they would be lewd. Your bourgeois woman will always try to cover her nakedness.
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The future of a nation lies in the hands of mothers.
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Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that lies between a careless husband and the lover swooning under his lady's window.
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Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
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Yes, I can understand that a man might go to a gambling table when he sees that all that lies between him and death is his last crown.
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The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.
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It is no sin to be tempted; the wickedness lies in being overcome.
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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.
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