Petty Troubles of Married Life by Honoré de Balzac
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Axiom.--Inasmuch as women are always willing and able to explain their strong points, they leave us to guess at their weak ones. Caroline will perhaps also condescend to assure you that she does not feel well. But she laughs in her night-cap when you have fallen asleep, and hurls imprecations upon your slumbering body. WOMEN'S LOGIC. You imagine you have married a creature endowed with reason: you are woefully mistaken, my friend. Axiom.--Sensitive beings are not sensible beings. Sentiment is not argument, reason is not pleasure, and pleasure is certainly not a reason. "Oh! sir!" she says. Reply "Ah! yes! Ah!" You must bring forth this "ah!" from the very depths of your thoracic cavern, as you rush in a rage from the house, or return, confounded, to your study. Why? Now? Who has conquered, killed, overthrown you! Your wife's |
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