All human power is a compound of time and patience.
• Eugénie Grandet (1833), translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, ch. VI
• Eugénie Grandet (1833), translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, ch. VI
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Tout pouvoir humain est un composé de patience et de temps.
— Honoré de Balzac
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• Eugénie Grandet (1833), translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, ch. VI" 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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