“…the consequences of sex are often more memorable than the act itself.”
Source: A Widow for One Year
“Folly is often more cruel in the consequence, than malice can be in the intent.”
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750), Moral Thoughts and Reflections
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