"It is too much for a husband to have a wife who is a coquette and sanctimonious as well; she should select only one of those qualities."

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Ce n'est gue'  re que dans les asiles que les coquettes gardent avec ente"  tement une foi entie'  re en des regards absents; normalement, elles re  clament des te  moins. Women fond of dress are hardly ever entirely satisfied not to be seen, except among the insane; usually they want witnesses.

— Simone de Beauvoir