“Boys will be boys—And even that … wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.”

— Anthony Hope

"The House Opposite," http://books.google.com/books?id=UZ8uAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Boys+will+be+boys+And+even+that%22+%22wouldn't+matter+if+we+could+only+prevent+girls+from+being+girls%22&pg=PA137#v=onepage Westminster Gazette (1893)

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English novelist and playwright 1863–1933

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