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Paris, like every pretty woman, is subject to inexplicable whims of beauty and ugliness.
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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Hônôrê đơ Banzăc
Honore de Balzak
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