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.

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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.