#mistress

Money differs from an automobile or mistress in being equally important to those who have it and those who do not. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas. ↗

— Jose Marti

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What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp? ↗

— William Osler

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Even a faithful mistress can be bent by constant threats. ↗

— Sextus Propertius

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Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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I have this mistress: show business. ↗

— Ray Romano

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When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died. ↗

— Harriet Ann Jacobs

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After my mistress was dead, I lived most comfortably, my master having a great affection for me. ↗

— William Lilly

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