Honore de Balzac Quotes

Nowhere but in France are people so strictly observant of great matters and so disdainfully indulgent about small ones.

Honore de Balzac

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• Nowhere but in France are people so strictly observant of great matters and so disdainfully indulgent about small ones.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • France
  • Indulgent
  • Observant