“ Only an impoverished young man can appreciate the cost of a love-affair in terms of carriages, gloves, clothes, linen, and so on! If love remains platonic for too long, he is ruined. ”
Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass’s Skin (1831). copy citation
| Author | Honoré de Balzac |
|---|---|
| Source | The Wild Ass’s Skin |
| Topic | cost love |
| Date | 1831 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by Helen Constantine |
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