Young men often laugh at the sensible girls whom they secretly respect…

Louisa May Alcott
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Young men often laugh at the sensible girls whom they secretly respect, and affect to admire the silly ones whom they secretly despise, because earnestness, intelligence, and womanly dignity are not the fashion. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2016). An Old-Fashioned Girl: Top Novelist Focus, p.129, 谷月社
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