A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.
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Quotations by Oliver Goldsmith
A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation. Oliver Goldsmith
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Arab Proverb
“Examine what is said, not him who speaks.”