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“Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.”

Quote by Honore de Balzac

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Honore de Balzac

French novelist born on May 20, 1799, and died on August 18, 1850. Honore de Balzac is renowned for his profound insight and criticism of 19th-century French society, hailed as the 'father of modern fiction'. more

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