|
|
| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 5385 |
| QUOTATION: | They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850), French novelist. Meditation Number XVII, Canel (1829). Balzac’s generalizations about twin beds. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Balzac Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
| CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD · AUTHOR INDEX | ||||
 | ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| ||||
| Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore. | ||||
| ||||
| Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com | ||||
|
|