Do not therefore allow yourself to be led astray by the specious good nature of such an institution as that of twin beds.
It is the silliest, the most treacherous, the most dangerous in the world. Shame and anathema to him who conceived it.
• Part II, Meditation XVII, The Theory of the Bed, I: Twin Beds
It is the silliest, the most treacherous, the most dangerous in the world. Shame and anathema to him who conceived it.
• Part II, Meditation XVII, The Theory of the Bed, I: Twin Beds
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Ainsi ne vous laissez jamais séduire par la fausse bonhomie des lits jumeaux.
C'est l'invention la plus sotte, la plus perfide et la plus dangereuse qui soit au monde. Honte et anathème à qui l'imagina !
— Honoré de Balzac
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ainsi ne vous laissez jamais séduire par la fausse bonhomie des lits jumeaux.
C'est l'invention la plus sotte, la plus perfide et la plus dangereuse qui soit au monde. Honte et anathème à qui l'imagina !" in the context of "Do not therefore allow yourself to be led astray by the specious good nature of such an institution as that of twin beds.
It is the silliest, the most treacherous, the most dangerous in the world. Shame and anathema to him who conceived it.
• Part II, Meditation XVII, The Theory of the Bed, I: Twin Beds" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Honoré de Balzac" (Quotes, Physiology of Marriage (1829): Physiologie du Mariage. translated by Joseph Walker McSpadden. English text here.)
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About Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist. Along with Flaubert, he is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European literature.
About Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist. Along with Flaubert, he is generally regarded as a founding father of realism in European literature.
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