Honoré de Balzac Quote Explained: The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.

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Too great a display of delicacy can and does sometimes infringe upon de-cency.

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Delicacy

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A rent in your clothes is a mishap, a stain on them is a vice.

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For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.

- Honoré de Balzac

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Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.

- Honoré de Balzac

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Happiness lends poetic charms to woman, and dress adorns her like a delicate tinge of rouge.

- Honoré de Balzac

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When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

- Honoré de Balzac

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Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

- Honoré de Balzac

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There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.

- Honoré de Balzac

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· France

The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.

The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.

Too great a display of delicacy can and does sometimes infringe upon de-cency.

A rent in your clothes is a mishap, a stain on them is a vice.

For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.

Man is neither good nor bad; he is born with instincts and abilities.

Happiness lends poetic charms to woman, and dress adorns her like a delicate tinge of rouge.

When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.

There are as many mediocrities exalted through pity as masters decried through envy.

We know that a ready amnesty tends to be an invitation to more illegal entries.

Capitalism believes that its remit is exclusively to make maximum short-term profits.

Organic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system.

We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.

America can no longer afford to get the Nobel Prizes while our competitors get the profits.

If we seek God for our own good and profit, we are not seeking God.

I have a saying: the scandal isn’t what’s illegal, the scandal is what’s legal.

Slavery is illegal everywhere, but it exists all over the world.

The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.

The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.

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