Men who live in poverty make sacrifices of which they may not speak to women who live in a world of luxury and elegance, viewing the world through a prism which paints men and objects in a golden light.
 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 poverty sacrifice
Date 1831
Language English
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Note Translated by Helen Constantine
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