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Honoré de Balzac on Saint Patrick's Day

1799–1850 France

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The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done.

Father Goriot (1835)

To be able to keep a mother-in-law in the country while he lives in Paris, and vice versa, is a piece of good fortune which a husband too rarely meets with.

Physiology of Marriage (1829)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Honoré de Balzac (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.