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Chance, that deity, which though blind, is often a powerful friend, did what she could not prevail on herself to do.

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Vanity first leads us into danger, and then renders us incapable of resistance.

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Curiosity is one of those insatiable passions that grow by gratification.

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Wickedness serves itself by weapons which we would not use, and if we are wounded with them, we have no more reason to be mortified, than a man would have to think his courage disgraced, because when he lay sleeping in his bed, he was taken prisoner by a body of armed men. To be circumvented by cunning, must ever be the fate, but never the disgrace of the artless.

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How little do they know human nature, who think they can say no to passion, so far shalt thou go, and no farther!

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Sarah Scott

Sarah Scott

Born: September 21, 1720
Died: November 3, 1795 (aged 75)
Bio: Sarah Scott was an English novelist, translator, social reformer, and member of the Bluestockings.

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