For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the meekest of husbands can bear: women should mercifully choose between the two.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)

Jean de La Bruyère Quotes

For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the meekest of husbands can bear: women should mercifully choose between the two.

For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the meekest of husbands can bear: women should mercifully choose between the two.

For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the meekest of husbands can bear: women should mercifully choose between the two.

For a woman to be at once a coquette and a bigot is more than the meekest of husbands can bear: women should mercifully choose between the two.