To forget is the great secret of strong creative natures; to forget is the way nature herself who knows no past and who at every hour begins the mysteries of her untiring labors afresh.
Honore de BalzacSmall natures require despotism to exercise their sinews, as great souls thirst for equality to give play to their heart.
Honore de BalzacNeither the passions not justice nor politics nor the great social forces ever consider the victims they strike.
Honore de Balzac