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Quotes from A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness — Delphine de Girardin

1804–1855 France

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It is not easy to be a widow: one must reassume all the modesty of girlhood, without being allowed to even feign its ignorance.

Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

A woman's life can be divided thus: the age when she dances but does not dare to waltz — it is the spring; the age when she dances and dares to waltz — it is summer; the age when she dances but prefers to waltz — it is autumn; finally, when she dances no longer — it is winter, that rigorous winter of life.

Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

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