Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer
Entre personnes sans cesse en présence, la haine et l'amour vont toujours croissant: on trouve à tout moment des raisons pour s'aimer ou se haïr mieux.
Source: The Vicar of Tours (1832), Ch. I.
“Suspect each moment, for it is a thief, tiptoeing away with more than it brings.”
A Month of Sundays (1975)
Source: A Month Of Sundays
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