Honore de Balzac Quotes

You see misery, you see misfortune, you see pain, you see suffering. It's all part of the fatalistic way of looking at life.

Your tale is of the longest," observed Monks, moving restlessly in his chair. It is a true tale of grief and trial, and sorrow, young man," returned Mr. Brownlow, "and such tales usually are; if it were one of unmixed joy and happiness, it would be very brief.

Disease, insanity, and death were the angels that attended my cradle, and since then have followed me throughout my life.

There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find.

Tragedy is one of the larger prices we pay for being alive. No one ever sidesteps tragedy. It is always there, shadowing us.

I am talking about misery and all of its implications.

Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.

It's not been a pleasant life.

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

None think the great unhappy, but the great.

My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

The word 'suffering' is not in my vocabulary.

Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs.

There's always pain around. That's one thing you can guarantee in life - there will always be a surplus of pain.

Most comedy comes out of misery.

Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.

We don't live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.

I have been to hell and back. I have seen the edge. I have seen the dark side of life.

At the root of everything I write is tragedy.

Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.

There's never any ebb in human misery.

Slipknot started out of tragedy.

Tragedy isn't getting something, or failing to get it; it's losing something you already have.

The wretched hasten to hear of their own miseries.

A man is the sum of his misfortunes.