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Self-love is as protective as the Deity Disenchantment is as perspicacious as a surgeon Experience is as provident as a mother. Such are the theologic virtues of marriage.

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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Onoreh deh Balzaḳ
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de. Balzac
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