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Quotations By Honore de Balzac


Danger
Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion.

Deceit
Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims.

Emotion
How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!