'''Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can convert it into ''fact.'''''
• La Duchesse de Langeais (1834), translated by Ellen Marriage, part II
• La Duchesse de Langeais (1834), translated by Ellen Marriage, part II
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L'égalité sera peut-être un droit, mais aucune puissance humaine ne saura le convertir en fait.
— Honoré de Balzac
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• La Duchesse de Langeais (1834), translated by Ellen Marriage, part II" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About 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.
About 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.
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