I should like one of these days to be so well known, so pop… - Honoré de Balzac

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I should like one of these days to be so well known, so popular, so celebrated, so famous, that it would permit me to break wind in society, and society would think it a most natural thing.

Honoré de Balzac

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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.

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Alternative Names: Balzac • Horace de Saint- Aubin • Onoreh deh Balzaḳ • Lord R'Hoone • Ônôrē de Balzaq • Jeune ceélibataire • Onore de Balzak • Honorato De Balzac • H. Balzak • Honoreé De Balzac • H. Balzac • Horace de S.- Aubin • Honoriusz Balzac • Un Jeune ceélibataire • Lord O'Rhoone • Ūnūrīh dī Balzāk • R'Hoone • Onore de Bal'zak • Hônôrê đơ Banzăc • Honore de Balzak • de. Balzac • Honorato Balzac • Horace de Saint-Aubin • Honoré de Balsac • Honoreé de Balzac • Baruzakku • Pa-erh-cha-kʻo • Honoré. Balzac • Honoreé DeBalzac • Onore. Bal'zak • Onorato di Balzac • Honoriusz. Balzac • H. de Balzac • Onore Balzéak • Honoriusz. Balzak • Instituteur Matricante • Pa-erh-cha-kò • Saint Aubin • Ba’erzhake • Honoryusz. Balzac • Abbeé Savonati • Honoräe de Balzac • Honoratus de Balzac • A. de Villergleé • Honoré Balssa • Honoré De Balzac • Ba'erzhake • Saint Aubin de Poitiers • M. de Balzac • Onore Balʹzak • Honore de Bal'zac • Balzak • H. de. Balzac • Honoreé von Balzac • Honore de Balzac • Jeune ceelibataire • Honoree De Balzac • Honoree de Balzac • Un Jeune ceelibataire • Honore de Balsac • Honore. Balzac • Honoree DeBalzac • Onore Balzeak • Pa-erh-cha-ko • Abbee Savonati • A. de Villerglee • Honore Balssa • Honoree von Balzac

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