Honore de Balzac Quotes

Thanks to the toleration preached by the encyclopedists of the eighteenth century, the sorcerer is exempt from torture.

Honore de Balzac

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• Thanks to the toleration preached by the encyclopedists of the eighteenth century, the sorcerer is exempt from torture.

  

  Honore de Balzac
  • Torture
  • Toleration
  • Sorcerer