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The Physiology of Marriage Quotes
Manners are the hypocrisy of nations, and hypocrisy is more or less perfect.
Source:
Part I, Meditation IV. Of the Virtuous Woman
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Book:
The Physiology of Marriage
Writer:
Honoré de Balzac
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
1829
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