Honoré de Balzac quote about youth from Father Goriot - If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.
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“ If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible. ”
 Honoré de Balzac, Father Goriot (1835). copy citation

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Author Honoré de Balzac
Source Father Goriot
Topic youth ignorance civilization timidity
Date 1835
Language English
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Note Translated by Ellen Marriage
Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1237/1237-h/1237-h.htm

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Honoré de Balzac quote about youth from Father Goriot - If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.
Honoré de Balzac quote about youth from Father Goriot - If youth were not ignorant and timid, civilization would be impossible.