In marrying, a man does not, to be sure, marry his wife’s mother; and yet a prudent man, when he begins to think of the daughter, would look sharp at the mother; ay, and back to the grandmother too, and along the whole female line of ancestry.
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Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.
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What a misfortune it is to be born a woman!… Why seek for knowledge, which can prove only that our wretchedness is irremediable? If a ray of light break in upon us, it is but to make darkness more visible; to show us the new limits, the Gothic structure, the impenetrable barriers of our prison.
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Birth: | 1st January, 1768 |
Death: | 22nd May, 1849 |
Nationality: | Irish |
Profession: | Novelist |
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