Women are so strange in their influence that they tempt you to misplac…

Thomas Hardy
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Women are so strange in their influence that they tempt you to misplaced kindness. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Thomas Hardy (Illustrated), p.4243, Delphi Classics
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