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Quote by Honore de Balzac

“Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims.”

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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

“Legal systems, at both the national and international level, are therefore required to recognize, guarantee and protect religious freedom, which is a right intrinsically inherent in human nature, in man's dignity as a free being, and is also an indicator of a healthy democracy and cone of the main sources of the legitimacy of the State. Religious freedom ... favors the development of relationships of mutual respect between the different Confessions and their healthy collaboration with the State and political society, without confusion of roles and without antagonism.”

“Anything that loosens you up and makes you freer is good, because that's what acting and performing is all about - being free. It gives you a better connection to the audience.”

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“I just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.”

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“I appreciate very much being injury-free.”

Appreciate Injury Being Free

Author:Steffi Graf

“That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.”

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Author:Ben Harper

“Some literary types subscribe to the notion that being a writer like Salinger entitles a person to remain free of the standards that might apply to mere mortals.”

Persons Might Type Standards Mere Notion Mortals Being Free Salinger Mere Mortals

Author:Joyce Maynard

“Besides all this, if you are idle, and take to bad courses, you will hurt those of your brethren who are slaves, and do all in your power to prevent their being free.”

Ifs Courses Hurt Slave Idle Brethren Being Free

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“The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.”

Has Beens Mankind Bills Goods Free Market Being Free Panacea

Author:Tom Scholz

“Writing became an obsessive compulsive habit but I had almost no money so I thought about being an urban firefighter and having lots of free time in which to write or becoming an English teacher and thinking about books and writers on a daily basis. That swayed me.”

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Author:David Guterson

“There's a long record here of being wrong. There's a good reason for it. There are probably multiple reasons. Certainly proliferation is a hard thing to track, particularly in countries that deny easy and free access and don't have free and open societies.”

Long Country Hard Reason Easy Records Track Deny Access Multiple Hard Things Being Free Proliferation Being Wrong

Author:David Kay

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