The Black Sheep Quotes

“My dear Pierre, the affair is clear, you'll have your head chopped off. Let that be a lesson to you!”
― Honoré de Balzac, The Black Sheep

“Like the moth whose feet are caught in the molten wax of a candle, Rouget rapidly used up his remaining energy.”
― Honoré de Balzac, The Black Sheep

“He had eaten as much as a travelling actor and drunk like the sands of the desert" Maxence Gilet”
― Honoré de Balzac, The Black Sheep

“она была жирна, как дрозд после сбора винограда”
― Honoré de Balzac, The Black Sheep

“Joseph, my boy,” he said, in an off-hand way, “I want some money. Confound it! I owe thirty francs for cigars at my tobacconist’s, and I dare not pass the cursed shop till I’ve paid it. I’ve promised to pay it a dozen times.”

“Well, I like your present way best,” said Joseph; “take what you want out of the skull.”

“I took all there was last night, after dinner.” “There was forty-five francs.”

“Yes, that’s what I made it,” replied Philippe. “I took them; is there any objection?”

“No, my friend, no,” said Joseph. “If you were rich, I should do the same by you; only, before taking what I wanted, I should ask you if it were convenient.”

“It is very humiliating to ask,” remarked Philippe; “I would rather see you taking as I do, without a word; it shows more confidence. In the army, if a comrade dies, and has a good pair of boots, and you have a bad pair, you change, that’s all.”

“Yes, but you don’t take them while he is living.”
― Honoré de Balzac, The Black Sheep