Little minds need to practise despotism to relieve their nerves, just as great souls thirst for equality in friendship to exercise their hearts. - Honoré de Balzac (Pierrette Quotes)

Little minds need to practise despotism to relieve their nerves, just as great souls thirst for equality in friendship to exercise their hearts.[Les petits esprits ont besoin de despotisme pour le jeu de leurs nerfs, comme les grandes âmes ont soif d’égalité pour l’action du cœur.]

Source:(Roberts Brothers, ed. 1892), Chapter IV. Pierrette, Page 88
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