Best Mistress Wisdom

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No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful. — Marquis de Sade
A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away. — William Wycherley
In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant… My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no… — Soren Kierkegaard
...heroine: the artist, the premier mistress writhering in a garden graced w/highly polished blades of grass... release (ethiopium) is the drug...an animal howl says it… — Patti Smith
The truth is, every son raised by a single mom is pretty much born married. I don't know, but until your mom dies it seems… — Chuck Palahniuk
Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable, happy; one day he abandoned his wife for… — Vladimir Nabokov
You thought I was a lovelorn mistress and I was really just an expensive prostitute. — Edith Wharton
When you were six you thought mistress meant to put your shoes on the wrong feet. Now you are older and know it can mean… — Lorrie Moore
Many are the stories I have heard about myself. I have mistresses I have never met. When I hear that I am a sodomist and… — John Steinbeck
Miss, n. A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the… — Ambrose Bierce
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a… — Winston Churchill
I will have but one mistress and no master — Elizabeth I
He didn't have a single clue what was going on with these two strangers, but every instinct told him Master George equaled good, Mistress Jane… — James Dashner
O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O, stay and hear; your true love's coming, That can sing both high and low: Trip no further,… — William Shakespeare
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether… — Benjamin Disraeli
His sister had been sent down to the village to ask Mistress Garlick the witch how you stopped spelling recommendation. — Terry Pratchett
Who are you?" he asked. I am the future queen of this world, at the very least. You may refer to me as Mistress Koboi… — Eoin Colfer
A man who catches History's eye is thereafter bound to a mistress from whom he will never escape. — Salman Rushdie
The loveliest Muse in the world does not feed her owner; these girls make fine mistresses but terrible wives — Alfred de Vigny
The cheesecake was smooth and lush, with the personality of a warm and well-to-do uncle who knows a hundred dirty jokes and will die of… — Don DeLillo
What could he mean by speaking so, as if I were always thinking that he cared for me, when I know he does not; he… — Elizabeth Gaskell
He feared me as many men fear women: because their mistresses (or their wives) understand them. They are scarcely adult, some men: they wish women… — Julian Barnes
So rainbow-sided, touch'd with miseries, She seem'd, at once, some penanced lady elf, Some demon's mistress, or the demon's self. — John Keats
ROXANE: Live, for I love you! CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!' all his ugliness… — Edmond Rostand
There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her. — Saadi

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