Marriage must ceaselessly combat a monster that devours everything: habit.

Le mariage doit incessamment combattre un monstre qui devore tout: l'habitude.

Honoré de Balzac

Physiologie du Mariage

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Relationship challenges Marriage

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Source

Physiologie du Mariage

Language

French

Time

1829 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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France Europe

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Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. Physiologie du mariage [Physiology of Marriage]. Paris, 1829, pt. 1, meditation 5, no. 47.

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Genre
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