Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance; but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker.

La haine est un tonique, elle fait vivre, ell inspire la vengeance; mais la pitié tue, elle affaiblit encore notre faiblesse.

Honoré de Balzac

La Comédie humaine

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Topic

Hate Pity

Author

Honoré de Balzac

Source

La Peau de Chagrin La Comédie humaine

Medium

Novel

Language

French

Time

1831 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. La Peau de Chagrin [The Wild Ass's Skin]. Paris: C. Gosselin, 1831.

Current Citation

De Balzac, Honoré. The Wild Ass's Skin, translated by Helen Constantine. Oxford University Press, 2012.

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Source
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Time
1835 1830s 19th century
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Original Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. De La Democratie en Amerique [Democracy in America]. Vol. 1, London: Saunders and Otley, 1835, ch. 18, pt. 6.

Current Citation

Tocqueville, Alexis De. Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II, translated by Henry Reeve. Bantam Classics, 2000, vol. 1, ch. 18, pt. 6.

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Simone de Beauvoir
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Time
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Original Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 1, Gallimard, 1949.

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