One of the obligations which a historian of manners must never fail to do is not to spoil the truth by apparently dramatic arrangements, especially w… - Honoré de Balzac
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One of the obligations which a historian of manners must never fail to do is not to spoil the truth by apparently dramatic arrangements, especially when the truth has taken the trouble to become romantic. Social nature, especially in Paris, involves such chances, such capricious entanglements of conjectures, that the imagination of inventors is at all times exceeded. The boldness of truth amounts to combinations forbidden in art — that is how improbable or indecent they are — unless the writer softens them, appeases them, castrates them.
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Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist. Along with Flaubert, he is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European literature.
Pen Names:
Horace de Saint-Aubin
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Lord R’Hoone
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Viellerglé
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Saint Aubin
Alternative Names:
Balzac
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Horace de Saint- Aubin
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Onoreh deh Balzaḳ
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Lord R'Hoone
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Ônôrē de Balzaq
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Jeune ceélibataire
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Onore de Balzak
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Honorato De Balzac
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H. Balzak
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Honoreé De Balzac
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H. Balzac
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Horace de S.- Aubin
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Honoriusz Balzac
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Un Jeune ceélibataire
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Lord O'Rhoone
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Ūnūrīh dī Balzāk
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R'Hoone
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Onore de Bal'zak
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Hônôrê đơ Banzăc
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Honore de Balzak
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de. Balzac
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Honorato Balzac
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Honoré de Balsac
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Honoreé de Balzac
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Baruzakku
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Pa-erh-cha-kʻo
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Honoré. Balzac
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Honoreé DeBalzac
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Onore. Bal'zak
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Onorato di Balzac
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Honoriusz. Balzac
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H. de Balzac
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Onore Balzéak
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Honoriusz. Balzak
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Instituteur Matricante
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Pa-erh-cha-kò
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Ba’erzhake
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Honoryusz. Balzac
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Abbeé Savonati
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Honoräe de Balzac
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Honoratus de Balzac
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A. de Villergleé
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Honoré Balssa
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Honoré De Balzac
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Ba'erzhake
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Saint Aubin de Poitiers
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M. de Balzac
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Onore Balʹzak
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Honore de Bal'zac
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Balzak
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H. de. Balzac
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Honoreé von Balzac
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Honore de Balzac
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Jeune ceelibataire
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Honoree De Balzac
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Honoree de Balzac
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Un Jeune ceelibataire
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Honore de Balsac
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Honore. Balzac
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Honoree DeBalzac
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Onore Balzeak
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Pa-erh-cha-ko
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Abbee Savonati
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A. de Villerglee
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Honore Balssa
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Honoree von Balzac
Ainsi ne vous laissez jamais séduire par la fausse bonhomie des lits jumeaux. C'est l'invention la plus sotte, la plus perfide et la plus dangereuse qui soit au monde. Honte et anathème à qui l'imagina !
Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can turn it into a fact.
"Happy?" asked Aquilina, with dreadful look, and a smile full of pity and terror. "Ah, you do not know what it is to be condemned to a life of pleasure."