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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Topic

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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Original Citation

Balzac, Honoré de. Mémoires de deux jeunes mariées. [Letters of Two Brides.] Fume, 1842.

Current Citation

Balzac, Honoré de. "Letters of Two Brides." A Daughter of Eve/Letters of Two Brides/A Woman of Thirty and Other Stories. Forgotten Books, 2017.

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Another quote from the 1840s

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

Edgar Allan Poe

New York Evening Mirror

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Topic
Unexpected visitors Guests and visitors

Author

Edgar Allan Poe
Source
The Raven New York Evening Mirror
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1845 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." New York Evening Mirror, 29 Jan. 1845, st. 1.

Current Citation

Poe, Edgar Allan. "The Raven." Edgar Allan Poe: Poetry and Tales. Edited by Patrick F. Quinn. Library of America, 1984, st. 1.

Another quote originally in French

Alcohol is the prince of liquids, and carries the palate to its highest pitch of exaltation.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

The Physiology of Taste

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Topic
Alcohol

Author

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Source
The Physiology of Taste
Genre
Food writing
Language
French
Time
1825 1820s 19th century
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Original Citation

Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme. "Boissons fortes [Strong Drinks]." La Physiologie du gout [The Physiology of Taste]. 1825, meditation 9, ch. 53.

Current Citation

Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme. The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Trancendental Gastronomy. Translated by M. F. K. Fisher. Vintage, 2011, meditation 9, ch. 53.