======> From a member of balzac-l comes a somewhat contrary reply.
valis
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 16:15:53 GMT
From: Joe Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Balzac query
The passage that most immediately comes to mind, tho' it does not fit the
translation exactly, is in _Le Pere Goriot_ (ed. Citron, Garnier
Flammarion, 1966, p. 116). It comes at the end of Vautrin's conversation
with Rastignac. Unsurprisingly, the utterance is Vautrin's:
"Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oublie,
parce qu'il a ete proprement fait."
Joe
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>Please remind me where Balzac's most quoted mot appears:
>"Behind every great fortune lies a great crime."
>
>Merci,
