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Honore de Balzac
Age: 52 †
Born: 1799
Born: May 20
Died: 1851
Died: August 19
Art Critic
Dramaturge
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Prosaist
Writer
Tours
France
Balzac
Horace de Saint- Aubin
Onoreh deh Balzaḳ
Lord R'Hoone
Ônôrē de Balzaq
Jeune ceélibataire
Onore de Balzak
Honorato De Balzac
H. Balzak
Honoreé De Balzac
H. Balzac
Horace de S.- Aubin
Honoriusz Balzac
Un Jeune ceélibataire
Lord O'Rhoone
Ūnūrīh dī Balzāk
R'Hoone
Onore de Bal'zak
Hônôrê đơ Banzăc
Honore de Balzak
de. Balzac
Unknown
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Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion.
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The world will avenge itself upon all happiness in which it has no share.
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For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.
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There is a cure for temptation. What? Yielding to it.
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A man may and ought to pride himself more on his will than on his talent.
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Emulation is not rivalry. Emulation is the child of ambition rivalry is the unlovable daughter of envy.
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The love of nature is the only love that does not deceive human hopes.
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The woman you buy takes a great deal of money. The woman who gives herself to you takes all your money.
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