Papà Goriot / Un tenebroso affare Quotes

“There is far more happiness in another’s happiness than in your own. It is something that I cannot explain, something within that sends a glow of warmth all through you. In short, I live my life three times over. Shall I tell you something funny? Well, then, since I have been a father, I have come to understand God. He is everywhere in the world, because the whole world comes from Him. And it is just the same with my children, Monsieur. Only, I love my daughters better than God loves the world, for the world is not so beautiful as God Himself is, but my children are more beautiful than I am. Their lives are so bound up with mine that I felt somehow that you would see them this evening. Great Heavens!”
― Honoré de Balzac, Papà Goriot / Un tenebroso affare

“Sự căm ghét của mụ không phải do tình yêu mà là do những hy vọng đã tan vỡ của mụ.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Papà Goriot / Un tenebroso affare

“Of all pieces of advice, my cherub, I would give you this—don’t stick to your opinions any more than to your words. If any one asks you for them, let him have them—at a price. A man who prides himself on going in a straight line through life is an idiot who believes in infallibility. There are no such things as principles; there are only events, and there are no laws but those of expediency: a man of talent accepts events and the circumstances in which he finds himself, and turns everything to his own ends. If laws and principles were fixed and invariable, nations would not change them as readily as we change our shirts. The individual is not obliged to be more particular than the nation.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Papà Goriot / Un tenebroso affare

“Biurokratija, kaip ir kariuomenė, turi savo pasyvų paklusnumą; tai sistema, kuri užgniaužia sąmonę, žmogų paverčia nieku ir galų gale jį, tartum kokį sraigtą ar veržlę, prisuka prie valdžios mašinos.”
― Honoré de Balzac, Papà Goriot / Un tenebroso affare