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Vanity is only to be satisfied by gold in floods.
[La vanité ne se satisfait que par des flots d’or.]
Source:
(Gebbie Publishing Co., ed. 1898), Page 315
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Book:
Gobseck
Writer:
Honoré de Balzac
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
1830
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