Witty quotes by Balzac

Author: Zhang Xiuzhang
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: These are highly precise instruments, with pistons, chains, pendulums, and all mechanical parts meticulously polished, assembled, and oiled to ensure smooth operation. They are also equipped with beautiful embroidered covers. However, their lives remain unstable, and their thoughts are not free, nor do they possess creativity. These gentlemen must follow the records in their memorandum to move to designated positions a certain number of times each day. These small notebooks are like the school supervisors of old, constantly reminding them that they are slaves to rational existence. This rational existence is a thousand times more arbitrary and ungrateful than a king. By the time they retire, their sense of fashion has become numb, and the days of elegance are gone forever.