The acute observer Stendhal says,--

"In Paris, the highest praise for a marriageable girl is to say,

'She has great sweetness of character and the disposition of a

lamb.' Nothing produces more impression on fools who are looking out

for wives. I think I see the interesting couple, two years after,

breakfasting together on a dull day, with three tall lackeys waiting

upon them!"

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