Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

Quote by Honore De Balzac

Topics: Genius Quotes, Talent Quotes

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint...

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...

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it...

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that...

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that...

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they...

Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they...

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

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

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

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 heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you...

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you...

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

Conscience is our unerring judge until we finally stifle it.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which...

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which...

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

There is something great and terrible about suicide.

Genius is intensity

Genius is intensity

When policy fails try thinking.

When policy fails try thinking.

They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...

They ended as all great passions do end-----by a misunderstanding...

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.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly attributed by the living to the dead, now usually...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...

Happiness is a ball after which we run wherever it rolls, and we push it...