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Would Quotes by Honore de Balzac
- Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
- There are some women whose pregnancy would make some sly bachelor smile.
- The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself, or…
- If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former…
- It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he is no longer compelled, as…
- All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.
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