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The Firm of Nucingen Quotes

Laws are like spiders' webs; the big flies get through, while the little ones are caught. - Honoré de Balzac (The Firm of Nucingen Quotes)

Laws are like spiders’ webs; the big flies get through, while the little ones are caught.[Les lois sont des toiles d’araignées à travers lesquelles passent les grosses mouches et où restent les petites.]

Source:(Avil Publishing Co., ed. 1901), Page 359
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Honoré de Balzac (The Firm of Nucingen Quotes)
  • Book: The Firm of Nucingen
  • Writer: Honoré de Balzac
  • Genre: Fiction
  • Published: 1838
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