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Quotation from Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot) by Honoré de Balzac

“he was a good and worthy man, who never said one word louder than another; he never did any one any harm, and gave nobody any trouble.”

Honoré de Balzac (spoken by Christophe)

Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot), The funeral, trans. Ellen Marriage (1896)

Portrait of Honoré de Balzac

The boarding-house servant's epitaph for Goriot, spoken as he and Rastignac wait for the priests.

Citation: "he was a good and worthy man, who never said one word louder than another; he never did any one any harm, and gave nobody any trouble." — Honoré de Balzac, Father Goriot (Le Père Goriot), The funeral, trans. Ellen Marriage (1896). (id balzac-father-goriot-q7)

Portrait: Honoré de Balzac (1842) detail, Louis-Auguste Bisson, Public domain.

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