Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance; but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker.

La haine est un tonique, elle fait vivre, ell inspire la vengeance; mais la pitié tue, elle affaiblit encore notre faiblesse.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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Topic

Hate Pity

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Source

La Peau de Chagrin La Comédie humaine

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Balzac, Honoré de. La Peau de Chagrin. [The Wild Ass's Skin.] 1831.

Current Citation

Balzac, Honoré de. The Wild Ass's Skin. Penguin, 1977.

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Another quote from the 1830s

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Topic
Making the most

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Source
The American Scholar
Language
English
Time
1837 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar." Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. 31 Aug. 1837, First Parish in Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Current Citation

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "The American Scholar (1837)." The Portable Emerson. Edited by Jeffrey S. Cramer. Penguin Classics, 2014.

Another quote originally in French

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Victor Hugo

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Topic
Limits of language

Author

Victor Hugo
Source
William Shakespeare
Language
French
Time
1864 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hugo, Victor. William Shakespeare. 1864.