Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman…

Jean de la Bruyere
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Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it. ✨ The Women, Aphorism 79,
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Grief that is dazed and speechless is out of fashion: the modern woman mourns her husband loudly and tells you the whole story of his death, which distresses her so much that she forgets not the slightest detail about it. ✨ The Women, Aphorism 79,

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