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A woman’s appearance depends upon two things; the clothes she wears, and the time she gives to her toilet. ... Against the first we bring the charge of ostentation, against the second of harlotry.

Habitus feminae duplicem speciem circumfert, cultum et ornatum. ... Alteri ambitionis crimen intendimus, alteri prostitutionis.

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