"Une jeune fille est comme une fleur qu'on a cueillie ; mais la femme coupable est une fleur sur laquelle on a marché."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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A young bride is like a plucked flower; but a guilty wife is like a flower that had been walked over. — Honorine (1845), translated by Clara Bell