Conscience Quote by Honore de Balzac

“Passions are no more forgiving than human laws and they reason more justly. Are they not based on a conscience of their own, infallible as an instinct?” quote by Honore de Balzac — Download Open image

“Passions are no more forgiving than human laws and they reason more justly. Are they not based on a conscience of their own, infallible as an instinct?”

Honore de Balzac

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I am a galley slave to pen and ink.

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