Honore de Balzac Quotes
Men who pay their tailors never amount to anything, they never even become Cabinet ministers.
Topics
Ambition
Aspirations, Aspiration
Pay, Compensation, Remuneration, and Salary
Success
Clothes
Financial Independence, Fiscal Independence, Economic Independence
Career Stagnation
Career Success
Financial Accountability
Financial Responsibility
Financial Struggles
Professional Growth
Professional Integrity
Social Status
Tailoring Services
personal finance management
Personal Debt
Citations
Balzac, Honoré de. Lost Illusions. Translated by Ellen Marriage, J.M. Dent & Co., 1897, p. 145.
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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.