It is the mistake of a coxcomb, whose experience of affection is all to come-if it ever comes-to say that women are won by mere good looks. Though it does not owe its birth to them. Gratitude and Vanity are the nurses that rock the cradle of Love. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

It is the mistake of a coxcomb, whose experience of affection is all to come-if it ever comes-to say that women are won by mere good looks. Though it does not owe its birth to them. Gratitude and Vanity are the nurses that rock the cradle of Love.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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