“It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.” – Jane Austen
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"It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable." – Jane Austen
"It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable." – Jane Austen
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