Conviction brings a silent, indefinable beauty into faces made of the commonest human clay; the devout worshiper at any shrine reflects something of its golden glow, even as the glory of a noble love shines like a sort of light…

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Conviction Quotes

What is art? Nature concentrated.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be...

It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

A courage which looks easy and yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating...

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that...

Between the daylight gambler and the player at night there is the same difference that...

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the...

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the...

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary...

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business...

The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business...

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

A city (Paris) where great ideas perish, done to death by a witticism.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

Chance, my dear, is the sovereign deity in child-bearing.

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two...

What is a child, monsieur, but the image of two beings, the fruit of two...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

The more one judges, the less one loves.

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Hear Everything and judge for yourself

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

Judge a man by the reputation of his enemies

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...