Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well-informed mind, is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid.
— Jane Austen Modern

Pride and Prejudice

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From 'Mansfield Park'. Spoken by Mary Crawford.

Date / Period

1814

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/141/141-h/141-h.htm#link2H_4_0006

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