“Husbands shouldn't be the last to know. Husbands should never know!”

— Nélson Rodrigues

Life As It Is, page 220, by Nelson Rodrigues, English translation, Alex Ladd, Host Publications, ISBN 9780924047602 pages

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Brazilian writer and playwright 1912–1980

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