Between two beings susceptible of love, the duration of passion is in proportion to the original resistance of the woman, or to the obstacles which the accidents of social life put in the way of your happiness. - Honoré de Balzac (The Physiology of Marriage Quotes)

Between two beings susceptible of love, the duration of passion is in proportion to the original resistance of the woman, or to the obstacles which the accidents of social life put in the way of your happiness.[Entre deux êtres susceptibles d’amour, la durée de la passion est en raison de la résistance primitive de la femme, ou des obstacles que les hasards sociaux mettent à votre bonheur.]

Source:(Dana Estes & Co., ed. 1901), Part I. A General Consideration, Meditation VII. Of the Honeymoon, Aphorism LVII, Page 87
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