“Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with boys,
Are never valued till they make a noise.”
George Crabbe (1754–1832) English poet, surgeon, and clergyman
"The Maid's Story", line 84 (1819).
Tales of the Hall (1819)
“A girl in a bikini is like having a loaded gun on your coffee table- There's nothing wrong with them, but it's hard to stop thinking about.”
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