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Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Glory is a poison that must be taken in small doses.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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There are several memories within us. The body and the spirit each have their own.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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It is necessary to be almost a genius to be a good husband.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Modesty is a relative virtue, depending on whether one is twenty, thirty, or forty-five years old.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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The glutton is the least estimable subject of gastronomy, because it ignores its elemental principle: The sublime art of chewing!

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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People always end up condemning those they accuse.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Educated, virtue calculates as well as vice.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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The love creates in the woman a new woman; the one from the eve no longer exists the following day.

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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How many infamies is success made of?

Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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Love abhors everything that is not love.