A French Education
At home in France: French country and city living
Thursday, November 10, 2011
FULLY HUMAN
Those were the days...
Quand il y a une vielle fille dans une maison, les chiens de garde sont inutiles.
--Honoré de Balzac,
Pierrette
(1840)
When there's an old maid in the house, guard dogs are useless.
Bust of Honoré de Balzac in the garden of the Maison de Balzac,
a literary museum dedicated to the 19th century writer, one of the founders of European realism.
47 rue Raynouard, Paris 16éme
©2011 P.B. Lecron
©2011 P.B. Lecron
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