It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should. (Jane Austen)

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should.

Jane Austen

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