"Avoir sa belle-mère en province quand on demeure à Paris, et vice versa, est une de ces bonnes fortunes qui se rencontrent toujours trop rarement."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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To be able to keep a mother-in-law in the country while he lives in Paris, and vice versa, is a piece of good fortune which a husband too rarely meets with. — Part III, Meditation XXV: Allies, Section II: Of the Mother-in-Law