Citation attribuée à l'écrivain français Honoré de Balzac, tirée de son roman 'La Peau de chagrin' (1831), illustrant des réflexions sur les relations internationales et les conflits humains.
"There exists a political and perhaps natural law that demands that two strong and close neighbors, regardless of their mutual friendship at the start, always end up developing a desire for reciprocal extermination."