A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

Qui parle trop veut tromper.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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Eloquence Dishonesty

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Source

Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées La Comédie humaine

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1842 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. "Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées [Memoirs of Two Brides]." Scènes de la vie privée. Paris: Fume, 1842.

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