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March 8, 2011

March 8, 2011

Filed under: Balzac — Administrator @ 3:43 pm

A couple of aphorisms from Traité de la vie élégante by Honoré de Balzac:

XX

Le principe constitutif de l'élégance est l'unité.

XXI

Il n’y a pas d'unité possible sans la propreté, sans l’harmonie, sans la simplicité relative.

And my translations:

XX

The constitutive principle of elegance is unity.

XXI

There is no unity possible without cleanliness, without harmony, and without relative simplicity.

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