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A wife is property that one acquires by contract, she is transferable, because possession of her requires title in fact, woman is, so to speak, only man's appendage consequently, slice, cut, clip her, you have all rights to her.
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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Honore de Balzak
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