Jan 8, 2009

Famous Quotes | A widow has two duties of a...

A widow has two duties of a contradictory nature—she is a mother, and she ought to exert a father’s power. - Honoré De Balzac Attribution: Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850), French novelist. Narrator, in A Bachelor’s Establishment, originally named Les Célibataires, the first part was published as Les Deux Frères in La Presse (1841); included in the Comédie humaine first under the title Un Ménage de Garìon and finally as La Rabo.

Categories: Duty, Widows, Women