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Anne-Charlotte-Laure Balzac

“[To her son:] Write your masterpieces! But do not forget that in your profession there is no middle state; you must be king — or be only a laborer.”
- Anne-Charlotte-Laure Balzac

Anne-Charlotte-Laure Balzac, French mother of Balzac

(1778 - 1854)

Full name: Anne-Charlotte-Laure Sallambier de Balzac.