New Delhi, May 11 -- Today, the Quote of the Day is by Honore de Balzac, the 19th-century French writer known for his sharp observations on society, ambition, and human behaviour. The quote says: "It is easy to sit up and take notice. What is difficult is getting up and taking action."

Born in May 1799, Honore de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comedie Humaine.

Balzac's Comedie humaine became his life's work, comprising 91 separate works depicting private and public life in the town and country, in politics and the military, according to his biography posted by Penguin.

Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European litera...