La Duchesse de Langeais

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

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

Authentication Score 2

Citation

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