Honore de Balzac Quotes

The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

Honore de Balzac

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• The country is provincial; it becomes ridiculous when it tries to ape Paris.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Country
  • Paris
  • Provincial