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Aug. 18: Honoré de Balzac; Bruce Forsyth

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
BornMay 20, 1799, Tours, France
DiedAugust 18, 1850, Paris, France

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
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Sir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson CBE was an English television presenter and entertainer whose career spanned more than 75 years. In 2012, Guinness World Records recognised Forsyth as having the longest television career for a male entertainer. Wikipedia

Born: February 22, 1928, Edmonton, London, United Kingdom
Died: August 18, 2017, London, United Kingdom


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