Quotes by Balzac, Honore De

Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, o >>

To promote laughter without joining in it greatly heightens the effect >>

If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction >>

Quotations about Inheritance

The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise. >>

To inherit property is not to be born -- it is to be still-born, rathe >>

There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hope >>

To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.

Balzac, Honore De