Prosperity brings with it an intoxication which inferior men are unable to resist.

La prospérité porte avec elle une ivresse à laquelle les hommes inférieurs ne résistent jamais.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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Topic

Corrosive effects of wealth Downsides of wealth Wealth

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Source

César Birotteau La Comédie humaine

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Balzac, Honoré de. César Birotteau. Charles-Béchet, 1837.

Current Citation

Balzac, Honoré de. César Birotteau. Penguin, 1994.

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Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Time
60 60s 1st century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

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Author

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond
Language
French
Time
1763 1760s 18th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

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