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Most mothers think that to keep young people away from lovemaking, it is enough never to mention it in front of them.

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One reproaches a lover, but can one reproach a husband, when his only fault is that he no longer loves?

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Madame de La Fayette

Madame de La Fayette
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Born: March 18, 1634
Died: May 25, 1693 (aged 59)
Bio: Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de La Fayette, better known as Madame de La Fayette, was a French writer, the author of La Princesse de Clèves, France's first historical novel and one of the earliest novels in literature.
Known for:
  1. The Princess of Montpensier
  2. The Beautiful Person
  3. The Letter

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