Who said "The more a man has to live on, the more he squanders."?

This quote is attributed to Honoré de Balzac.

The more a man has to live on, the more he squanders. - Honoré de Balzac

"The more a man has to live on, the more he squanders."

Honoré de Balzac Money

Novelist French 1799–1850

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