People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are. - Honoré de Balzac (Modeste Mignon Quotes)

People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.[On amplifie également le malheur et le bonheur, nous ne sommes jamais ni si malheureux, ni si heureux qu’on le dit.]

Source:Modeste Mignon (1844), (Roberts Brothers, ed. 1888), Chapter XXIV. The Poet Feels that He is Loved too Well, Page 296
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