Honoré de Balzac about success (“Father Goriot”, 1835) - Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague.
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“ Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague. ”
 Honoré de Balzac, Father Goriot (1835). copy citation

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Honoré de Balzac about success (“Father Goriot”, 1835) - Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague.
Honoré de Balzac about success (“Father Goriot”, 1835) - Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague.