About This Quote

In this quote from the French novel Le Père Goriot, by Honoré de Balzac, the bourgeois, a member of the bourgeoisie, says goodbye to this world where he has lived at least two great sources of joy, the fortune and the vanity. He moves on to a life where he will have a much larger inheritance from his sons and where there will be no more time wasted on a life that is filled with petty concerns. He doesn't spend time worrying about petty things like money or status anymore. The idea was that when you live in the world of the bourgeois you must concern yourself with your reputation and how your reputation is perceived by others. If you do not keep up appearances you might go out of style.

Source: La Vie Quotidienne Sous Louis Xiv

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