Honore de Balzac Quotes about Power

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All human power is a compound of time and patience.

All human power is a compound of time and patience.

Honore de Balzac

Time, Power, Compounds

Honore de Balzac (2009). “Eugenie Grandet”, p.141, The Floating Press

Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into fact.

Honore de Balzac

Equality, Power, Literature

"La Duchesse de Langeais". Essay by Honore de Balzac (1834), published in "Oeuvres completes de H. de Balzac" ("Complete works of Balzac") published by A. Houssiaux (Part II, pp. 111-235), translated by Ellen Marriage, 1855.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.

Honore de Balzac

Leadership, Sports, Power

Beauty is the greatest of human powers. Any power without counterbalance or control becomes autocratic and leads to abuse and to folly. Despotism in a government is insanity; in woman, fantasy.

Honore de Balzac

Beauty, Power, Government

Power does not consist in striking with force or with frequency, but in striking true.

Honore de Balzac

Power, Doe, Force

Honore de Balzac (2014). “Analytical Studies: Physiology of Marriage and Petty Troubles of Married Life”, p.89, The Floating Press

I declare, on my soul and conscience, that the attainment of power, or of a great name in literature, seemed to me an easier victory than a success with some young, witty, and gracious lady of high degree.

Honore de Balzac

Love, Witty, Power

Honore de Balzac (2011). “The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin”, p.92, The Floating Press