"Lost Illusions" Quotes
A young writer's dreams of success in the literary world are shattered as he navigates the harsh realities of Parisian society.
classics | 720 pages | Published in 2005
Quotes
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
A man is never a villain in his own eyes.
The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance.
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
What is banality? It is the nullity of a whole life.
Money is life's sixth sense.
The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
The more social an animal, the more it is an enemy to itself.
In misfortune we often mistake the signs of our own secret selfishness.
The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly carried out.
