philaenete

Updated: July 8, 2026

I will go further! Such partiality would be a piece of idiocy. A man, not a writer, for in a writer there are many men, an author, rather, should resemble Janus, see behind and before, become a spy, examine an idea in all its phases, delve alternately into the soul of Alceste and into that of Philaenete, know everything though he does not tell it, never be tiresome, and

Honoré de Balzac - Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete

I will go further! Such partiality would be a piece of idiocy. A man, not a writer, for in a writer there are many men, an author, rather, should resemble Janus, see behind and before, become a spy, examine an idea in all its phases, delve alternately into the soul of Alceste and into that of Philaenete, know everything though he does not tell it, never be tiresome, and

Honoré de Balzac - Analytical Studies