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As one must die, I would rather die of passion than boredom!
Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
The certainty of having her as his wife prevented him from feeling any desire for her.
Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
"You know, they’ll have their revenge."
"Who will?"
"The women, of course."
Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
A woman's opinion, however humble she may be, is always worth listening to, if she's got any sense... If you put yourself in my hands, I shall certainly make a decent man of you.
Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
You don't understand this language, old fellow: otherwise you'd know that action contains its own reward. To act, to create, to fight against facts, to overcome them or be overcome by them—the whole of human health and happiness is made up of that!
Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
It was the usual story of penniless young men, who think themselves obliged by their birth to choose a liberal profession and bury themselves in a sort of vain mediocrity, happy even when they escape starvation, notwithstanding their numerous degrees.
Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
She was not shocked; it seemed to her that every woman had a right to arrange her life as she liked, when she was alone and free in the world. For her own part, however, she had never given way to such ideas; her sense of right and her healthy nature naturally maintained her in the respectability in which she had always lived.
Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)
He had quite forgotten the stock-taking, he no longer beheld his empire, that building bursting with riches. Everything had disappeared, his former uproarious victories, his future colossal fortune. With a desponding look he was watching Denise and when she had crossed the threshold everything disappeared, a darkness came over the house.
Au Bonheur des Dames (1883)