Baba Hari Dass (1923–2018) master yogi, author, builder, commentator of Indian spiritual tradition
Source: Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, 1977, p.9
“The man as he converses is the lover; silent, he is the husband.”
L’homme qui nous parle est l’amant, l’homme qui ne nous parle plus est le mari.
Part I, ch. VII.
Letters of Two Brides (1841-1842)
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Vol. 4, letter 17.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753–1754)
“In one room, silently, lover looks upon lover,
And thinks the air is fire.”
Conrad Aiken (1889–1973) American novelist and poet
The House of Dust (1916 - 1917)
“You must be a bastard for I knew your mother's husband and he was a gentleman and honest man.”
Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868) American politician
In Selected Papers of Thaddeus Stevens
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Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer
As quoted in Marilyn Monroe : In Her Own Words (1983), edited by Roger Taylor
Variant: Husbands are chiefly good as lovers when they are betraying their wives.