Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who h…

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Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret. ✨ Anthony Trollope (1870). He Knew He was Right, p.5
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