A man without passion or money still remains master of his own person. But a poor man who is in love no longer belongs to himself and cannot kill himself.
 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 money passion
Date 1831
Language English
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Note Translated by Helen Constantine
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