Honore de Balzac Quotes

A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

Honore de Balzac

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• A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Business
  • Force
  • Artists