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A woman should never accept a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her judgment.

— Ninon de L'Enclos Attributed A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1902)

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A sensible woman never should fall in love without her heart's consent, nor marry without that of her reason.

Que l'on était bien à plaindre quand on avait besoin du secours de la religion pour se conduire , et que c'était la marque d'un esprit bien borné, ou d'un cœur bien corrompu.

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