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" I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots. "

William Butler Yeats

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" To be born woman is to know - although they do not speak of it at school - women must labor to be beautiful. "

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" I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera. "

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