Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied. (Lady Mary Wortley Montagu)

Let this great maxim be my virtue's guide,- In part she is to blame that has been tried: He comes too near that comes to be denied.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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