“There are few honest women who are not tired of what they do.”

— François de La Rochefoucauld , book Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

Il y a peu d'honnêtes femmes qui ne soient lasses de leur métier.
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Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)

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