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They ended as all great passions do end - by a misunderstanding.
Honoré de Balzac
Balzac's Shorter Stories (ed. 1895)
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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Dawn Powell
Honoré de Balzac
Born:
May 20, 1799
Died:
August 18, 1850
(aged 51)
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