#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

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its master. ↗

— Freda Adler

#been #law #man #master #mistress

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#age #companions #men #middle #middle age

Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#hand #maiden #mistress #poor #riches

The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul. ↗

— Eliza Farnham

#development #experience #face #human #human face

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

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As I've explained to my wife many times, you have to kill your wife or mistress to get on the front page of the papers. ↗

— Julian Barnes

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Next to coming to a good understanding with a new mistress, I love a quarrel with an old one. ↗

— George Etherege

#good #i #i love #love #mistress

Louis-Cesare. It's good to finally have you in hand. ↗

— Karen Chance

#dorina #dorina-basarab #humor #louis-cesare #sex

Our prejudices are our mistresses; reason is at best our wife, very often heard indeed, but seldom minded. ↗