We were speaking of the French Revolution, when, as balzac remarked, to be a spy was to be a patriot.
"The Crisis, Volume 6"
Winston Churchill
In the important part which he assigns to money in many of his dramas, in his business-like mention of specific sums, in the frequency of his illustrations from the practice of keeping accounts, he shows a resemblance to balzac.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
The same charge has been brought against some of the most facile and productive creators in modern times, such as Scott, Dickens, and balzac, and, to a certain extent, even Shakspeare.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar