Confound you handsome young fellows! You think of having it all your o…

George Eliot
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Confound you handsome young fellows! You think of having it all your own way in the world. You don't understand women. They don't admire you half so much as you admire yourselves. ✨ George Eliot (2005). Four Novels of George Eliot, p.365, Wordsworth Editions
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Confound you handsome young fellows! You think of having it all your own way in the world. You don't understand women. They don't admire you half so much as you admire yourselves. ✨ George Eliot (2005). Four Novels of George Eliot, p.365, Wordsworth Editions

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