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Man was by Nature Woman's cully made:
We never are, but by ourselves, betrayed.
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There is nothing more unbecoming a man of quality than to laugh; Jesu, 'tis such a vulgar expression of the passion!
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Though marriage makes man and wife one flesh, it leaves 'em still two fools.
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A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself.
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Marriage indeed may qualify the fury of his passion, but it very rarely mends a man's manners.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Born:
January 24, 1670
Died:
January 19, 1729
(aged 58)
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