The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.
Ambrose BierceBEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.
Ambrose BiercePOCKET, n. The cradle of motive and the grave of conscience. In woman this organ is lacking; so she acts without motive, and her conscience, denied burial, remains ever alive, confessing the sins of others.
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