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"Behind every great fortune is a great crime." (Honore de Balzac, French realist novelist, 1799-1850) "The measureless self-esteem which seethed within me, the sublime belief in destiny, which perhaps evolves into genius if a man does not allow his soul to be torn to tatters by contact with business interests, as easily as a sheep leaves its wool on the thorns of the thicket through which it passes,--all this was my salvation." (Honore de Balzac, French realist novelist, 1799-1850, The Magic Skin) "To throw off my own habits, to become some one else than myself, through an intoxication of the moral faculties, and to play this game at will, such was my way of amusing myself. To what do I owe this gift? Is it a form of second sight? Is it one of those qualities, the abuse of which might lead to madness? I have never sought the sources of this power; I possess it and make use of it, that is all." (Honore de Balzac, French realist novelist, 1799-1850) |
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