Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. (Honoré de Balzac)

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps.

Honoré de Balzac

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