“When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds too late that men betray,
What charm can soothe her melancholy?
What art can wash her guilt away?”
Source: The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), Ch. 29, Song, st. 1.
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Irish physician and writer 1728–1774Related quotes
“The charm of a woman can be manifested in courage, mystery and her way of thinking.”
Original: Il fascino di una donna può manifestarsi nel coraggio, nel mistero e nel suo modo di pensare.
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To ———, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
