"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
"Is there any instinct more deeply implanted in the heart of man than the pride of protection, a protection which is constantly exerted for a fragile and defenceless creature?"
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Source: Honore de Balzac (2015). “Old Goriot: Classic French Literature”, p.74, 谷月社
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