#mistress

Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#beholds #dreams #her #his #inferred

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#his #loves #man #mightily #mistaken

He's the president of the United States. He's got to work 14 to 16 hours a day, run foreign and domestic policy. If he's got time for mistresses after all that, what the hell difference does it make? ↗

— Pierre Salinger

#day #difference #does #domestic #domestic policy

Lepida, has anyone ever told you that you're a cruel spiteful selfish slut?...You're vicious. You're unprincipled. You mistreat your slaves and abuse your daughter. And furthermore you're the worst, most neglectful, most criminal wife in Rome. I think we can go now. ↗

— Kate Quinn

#comeback #funny #insult #kate-quinn #mistress-of-rome

Next to the pleasure of finding a new mistress is that of being rid of an old one. ↗

— William Wycherley

#finding #mistress #new #next #old

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films. ↗

— Oskar Werner

#films #i #married #mistress #theater

I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress. ↗

— Oskar Werner

#films #i #i am #married #mistress

A lover always thinks of his mistress first and himself second; with a husband it runs the other way. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#first #himself #his #husband #lover

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#dance #grand #happiness #impels #leads

DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

#children #dr #during #family #first