"Don’t ever wear artistic jewellry; it wrecks a woman’s reputation."

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“It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.”

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“You do not notice changes in what is always before you.”

“It’s nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.”

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