We are finite beings: there can be no infinite happiness for us. The soul that dreams it and pursues it will embrace but a shadow.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)

Honoré de Balzac Quotes

We are finite beings: there can be no infinite happiness for us. The soul that dreams it and pursues it will embrace but a shadow.

We are finite beings: there can be no infinite happiness for us. The soul that dreams it and pursues it will embrace but a shadow.

We are finite beings: there can be no infinite happiness for us. The soul that dreams it and pursues it will embrace but a shadow.

We are finite beings: there can be no infinite happiness for us. The soul that dreams it and pursues it will embrace but a shadow.