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To remain virtuous, a man has only to combat his own desires: a woman must resist her own inclinations, and the continual attack of man.

— Nicholas Valentin de Latena J. De Finod (1881)

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One may be better than his reputation or his conduct, but never better than his principles.

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Women like balls and assemblies, as a hunter likes a place where game abounds.

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A jest that makes a virtuous woman only smile, often frightens away a prude; but, when real danger forces the former to flee, the latter does not hesitate to advance.

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