A lover always starts from his mistress to himself; with a husband the contrary is the case. - Honoré de Balzac (The Physiology of Marriage Quotes)

A lover always starts from his mistress to himself; with a husband the contrary is the case.[Un amant procède toujours de sa maîtresse à lui, c’est le contraire chez les maris.]

Source:(Dana Estes & Co., ed. 1901), Part II. Means of Defence, Interior and Exterior, Meditation XIX. Of the Lover, Aphorism LXXVII, Page 204
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