Men and women go to the theater only to hear of love, and to take part in the pains or in the joys that it has caused. All the other interests of humanity remain at the door.


Preface to La Femme de Claude (Paris: Michel Lévy, 1873) p. xxxiii


Men and women go to the theater only to hear of love, and to take part in the pains or in the joys that it has caused. All the other interests of...

Men and women go to the theater only to hear of love, and to take part in the pains or in the joys that it has caused. All the other interests of...

Men and women go to the theater only to hear of love, and to take part in the pains or in the joys that it has caused. All the other interests of...

Men and women go to the theater only to hear of love, and to take part in the pains or in the joys that it has caused. All the other interests of...