Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie Humaine, which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus. Wikipedia Born : May 20, 1799, Tours, France Died : August 18, 1850, Paris, France Short stories : Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu , Gambara , Massimilla Doni , Le Curé de Tours Plays : Mercadet ou le faiseur Quotes Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power. The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. "The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, for it was properly done." --from OLD GORIOT (1835 ----- Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE was an English television presenter and entertainer whose career spanned more than 75 years. In ...
