"Malheureusement, ce portrait ne corrigera personne de la manie d’aimer de anges au doux sourire, à l’air rêveur, à figure candide, dont le cœur est un coffre-fort."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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Unfortunately her portrait will cure no one of the addiction to loving sweetly smiling angels with dreamy looks, innocent faces, and a strong-box for a heart. — La cousine Bette (1846), translated by Sylvia Raphael, ch. XXXVII: Moral reflections on immorality