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"Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants."

Elizabeth Montagu, British Writer

Woman, Women, Consequences, Wit, Wounds

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"Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants."

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