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Quotation from Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot) by Honoré de Balzac
“Men and women for you must be nothing more than post-horses; take a fresh relay, and leave the last to drop by the roadside”
Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot), Rastignac's visit to Mme. de Beauséant, trans. Ellen Marriage (1896)
Stung by the news of her lover's marriage, the Vicomtesse gives her cousin a lesson in using society coldly.
Citation: "Men and women for you must be nothing more than post-horses; take a fresh relay, and leave the last to drop by the roadside" — Honoré de Balzac, Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot), Rastignac's visit to Mme. de Beauséant, trans. Ellen Marriage (1896). (id balzac-father-goriot-q2)
Portrait: Honoré de Balzac (1842) detail, Louis-Auguste Bisson, Public domain.
