The success of any man, with any woman, is apt to displease even his best friends. - Anne Louise Germaine de Staël (Corinne, or Italy 1807 Book Quotes)

The success of any man, with any woman, is apt to displease even his best friends.[Alternate translation:]There is always something in a man’s success with a woman which is displeasing even to his best friends.[Il y a toujours dans le succès d’un homme auprès d’une femme quelque chose qui déplaît, même aux meilleurs amis de cet homme.]

Source:(ed. H. W. Derby, 1861) Book X, Chapter VI, Page 180
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