When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray,…

Oliver Goldsmith
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away? ✨ The Vicar of Wakefield ch. 29 (1766)
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