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Prosperity brings with it an intoxication which inferior men are unable to resist. — Honore de Balzac

Novel

Prosperity brings with it an intoxication which inferior men are unable to resist.

In the original French

La prospérité porte avec elle une ivresse à laquelle les hommes inférieurs ne résistent jamais.

Honore de Balzac
La Comedie humaine · 1837
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Topic
Corrosive effects of wealthDownsides of wealthWealth
Medium
Novel
Time
1837
Person
Honore de Balzac
Provenance
Current citation
De Balzac, Honoré. César Birotteau. Penguin Classics, 1994.
Original citation
De Balzac, Honoré. César Birotteau. Paris: Charles-Béchet, 1837.

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