Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. (Helen Rowland)

Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.

Helen Rowland

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