Phyllis Le Grand by Bassano 1911

“Adieu, Vicomte; in spite of my peevishness, my malice, and my reproaches, I have still much love for you, and I am preparing to prove it to you. Au revoir, my friend.”

—	Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, Les Liaisons Dangereuses

“Women are the best artists of the world,
For they can take the common lives of men
Soiled with the money-getting of our age,
And with love make them beautiful.”

—	Oscar Wilde, The Duchess of Padua