“ Oh, my friend, when you love, love a woman whom you are sure that you can love always. Never forsake a woman. ”
Honoré de Balzac, Father Goriot (1835). copy citation
| Author | Honoré de Balzac |
|---|---|
| Source | Father Goriot |
| Topic | love women |
| Date | 1835 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Ellen Marriage |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1237/1237-h/1237-h.htm |
Context
““ Madame, ” he said, in an unsteady voice, taking her speech as a reproach, “ I shall be the last to go, that is why I am here. ” “ Good, ” she said, and she took his hand. “ You are perhaps the only one I can trust here among all these. Oh, my friend, when you love, love a woman whom you are sure that you can love always. Never forsake a woman. “ I want you to go to the Marquis, ” she said. “ Jacques, my footman, will go with you; he has a letter that you will take. I am asking the Marquis to give my letters back to me. He will give them all up, I like to think that.”
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