The man who senses he has a fine future ahead of him goes through life like an innocent to the scaffold; he is not ashamed.
 Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831). copy citation

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Author Honoré de Balzac
Source The Wild Ass’s Skin
Topic future life
Date 1831
Language English
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Note Translated by Helen Constantine
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