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When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa.
Honore de Balzac
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Honore de Balzac
Age: 52 †
Born: 1799
Born: May 20
Died: 1851
Died: August 19
Art Critic
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Balzac
Horace de Saint- Aubin
Onoreh deh Balzaḳ
Lord R'Hoone
Ônôrē de Balzaq
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Ūnūrīh dī Balzāk
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Onore de Bal'zak
Hônôrê đơ Banzăc
Honore de Balzak
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The weakest being on earth can accomplish feats of strength. The frailest urchin will ring every doorbell on the street in arctic weather or hoist himself aloft to inscribe his name on a virgin monument.
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Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love.
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Nothing so fortifies a friendship as a belief on the part of one friend that he is superior to the other.
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Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers.
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in blood!
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Bankers are lynxes. To expect any gratitude from them is equivalent to attempting to move the wolves of the Ukraine to pity in the middle of winter.
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God is the author, men are only the players. These grand pieces which are played upon earth have been composed in heaven.
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A deist is an atheist with an eye cocked for the off-chance of some advantage.
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We love because we love.
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