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Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence.
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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Balzac
Horace de Saint- Aubin
Onoreh deh Balzaḳ
Lord R'Hoone
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Ūnūrīh dī Balzāk
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Hônôrê đơ Banzăc
Honore de Balzak
de. Balzac
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