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How sternly we reproach virtue for its failings, how indulgent we are to the better qualities of vice!
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
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Onoreh deh Balzaḳ
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