Honoré de Balzac quote about courtesy from Letters of Two Brides - Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
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“ Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness. ”
 Honoré de Balzac, Letters of Two Brides (1841). copy citation

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Author Honoré de Balzac
Source Letters of Two Brides
Topic courtesy selfishness veneer
Date 1841
Language English
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Note Translated by R. S. Scott
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1941/1941-h/1941-h.htm

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Honoré de Balzac quote about courtesy from Letters of Two Brides - Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.
Honoré de Balzac quote about courtesy from Letters of Two Brides - Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.