“When a man marries his mistress, he creates a vacancy.”
James Goldsmith (1933–1997) Anglo-French billionaire financier and tycoon
Evening Standard, "Quote of the Day", Mon 13 January 2014, p. 16
“When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.”
— Arthur Golden, book Memoirs of a Geisha
Source: Memoirs of a Geisha
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