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All poetry like every work of art proceeds from a swift vision of things.

Honore de Balzac

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Honore de Balzac
Age: 52 †
Born: 1799
Born: May 20
Died: 1851
Died: August 19
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Horace de Saint- Aubin
Onoreh deh Balzaḳ
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Hônôrê đơ Banzăc
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