It is as absurd to deny that it is possible for a man always to love the same woman, as it would be to affirm that some famous musician needed several violins in order to execute a piece of music or compose a charming melody. - Honoré de Balzac (The Physiology of Marriage Quotes)

It is as absurd to deny that it is possible for a man always to love the same woman, as it would be to affirm that some famous musician needed several violins in order to execute a piece of music or compose a charming melody.[Il est aussi absurde de prétendre qu’il est impossible de toujours aimer la même femme qu’il peut l’être de dire qu’un artiste célèbre a besoin de plusieurs violons pour exécuter un morceau de musique et pour créer une mélodie enchanteresse.]

Source:(Dana Estes & Co., ed. 1901), Part I. A General Consideration, Meditation V. Of the Predestined, Page 61
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