No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words …

Wilkie Collins
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No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. ✨ Wilkie Collins (2013). The Woman in White, p.112, Courier Corporation
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No sensible man ever engages, unprepared, in a fencing match of words with a woman. ✨ Wilkie Collins (2013). The Woman in White, p.112, Courier Corporation

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