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Observe this, that tho' a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim.

George Farquhar

George Farquhar (1678–1707), Irish dramatist. Lady Lurewell, in The Constant Couple, act 1, sc. 2.

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