Honoré de Balzac about greatness (“Letters of Two Brides”, 1841) - It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.
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“ It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants. ”
 Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides (1841). copy citation

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Honoré de Balzac about greatness (“Letters of Two Brides”, 1841) - It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.
Honoré de Balzac about greatness (“Letters of Two Brides”, 1841) - It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.