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Women are only told that they resemble angels when they are young and beautiful; consequently, it is their persons, not their virtues, that procure them homage.

— Phoebe Cary Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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And though hard be the task,
"Keep a stiff upper lip!"

Father, perfect my trust;
Let my spirit feel in death,
That her feet are firmly set
On the rock of a living faith!

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