“For he was aware of the great secret of life: Women don't look for handsome men. Women look for men who have had beautiful women. Having an ugly mistress is therefore a fatal mistake.”

—  Milan Kundera, book The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Source: The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

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Czech author of Czech and French literature 1929–2023

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