"That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband."

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“The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one.”

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“Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.”

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