Every man is to be had one way or another and every woman almost anywa…

Lord Chesterfield
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Every man is to be had one way or another and every woman almost anyway. ✨ Lord Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield (1855). The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author, p.345
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