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"A long engagement is a partnership which one party is free to keep or to break, but which involves all the capital of the other." ~William Makepace Thackeray~ Vanity Fair

"It IS the pretty face which creates sympathy in the hearts of men, those wicked rogues. A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain face. What folly will not a pair of bright eyes make pardonable? What dulness may not red lips and sweet accents render pleasant? And so, with their usual sense of justice, ladies argue that because a woman is handsome, therefore she is a fool. O ladies, ladies! there are some of you who are neither handsome nor wise." ~William Makepace Thackeray~ Vanity Fair

"Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone; it keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence better than money or fashion." ~Louisa M. Alcott~ Little Women

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