"L’homme subjugué par sa femme est justement couvert de ridicule. L’influence d’une femme doit être entièrement secrète."
— Honoré de Balzac

January 1, 1970

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A husband who submits to his wife’s yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman’s influence ought to be entirely concealed. — Part I, ch. XIII