Quotes from book
The Atheist's Mass

Honoré de Balzac Original title La Messe de l'athée (French, 1836)

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“A young man is to crime what a penny is to the X.”

The Atheist's Mass (1836)
Original: (fr) Un jeune homme est au crime ce qu'une pièce de cent sous est au X.

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