Quickly, with rapid steps, too credulous,
The limit which a woman sets to trust
Advances evermore; And with swift doom of death
A rumour spread by woman perishes. (Aeschylus)

Quickly, with rapid steps, too credulous, The limit which a woman sets to trust Advances evermore; And with swift doom of death A rumour spread by woman perishes.

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