“Like many widows, she came to the unwise decision of remarrying.”

— Honoré de Balzac , book Pierrette

Comme beaucoup de veuves, elle eut l'idée malsaine de se remarier.
Source: Pierrette (1840), Ch. I: The Lorrains.

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Comme beaucoup de veuves, elle eut l'idée malsaine de se remarier.

Pierrette (1840)

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