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A monster which devours everything - that is familiarity.
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
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Ūnūrīh dī Balzāk
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Onore de Bal'zak
Hônôrê đơ Banzăc
Honore de Balzak
de. Balzac
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No man has ever yet discovered the way to give friendly advice to any woman, not even to his own wife.
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Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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The Police and the Society of Jesus posses in common the virtue of never forsaking their enemies as friends.
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