Equality may perhaps be a right, but no power on earth can ever turn it into a fact.

L’égalité sera peut-être un droit, mais aucune puissance humaine ne saura le convertir en fait.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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Topic

Equality Human rights

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Source

La Duchesse de Langeais La Comédie humaine

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1834 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. Ne touchez pas la hache [Don’t Touch the Axe]. L'Écho de la Jeune France, 1834.

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No human creature can give orders to love.

George Sand

Jacques

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Topic
Nature of love

Author

George Sand
Source
Jacques
Medium
Novel
Language
French
Time
1834 1830s 19th century
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Citation

Sand, George. Jacques. 1833, ch. 81.

Another quote about Equality

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of human rights.

Desmond Tutu

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Topic
Equality Human rights
Speaker
Desmond Tutu
Medium
Interview TV program
Language
English
Time
1985 1980s 20th century
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Citation

Tutu, Desmond. The Today Show, NBC, 9 Jan. 1985.

Another quote originally in French

A house is a machine for living in.

Le Corbusier

Toward an Architecture

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Topic
Houses Home Architecture

Author

Le Corbusier
Source
Toward an Architecture
Medium
Essay
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
French
Time
1923 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Corbusier, Le. Vers une Architecture. Editions G. Crès et Cie., 1923.

Current Citation

Corbusier, Le. Toward an Architecture. Getty Research Institute, 2007.