Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step invol…

Jane Austen
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Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful; and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the undeserving of the other sex. ✨ Jane Austen (1813). Pride and Prejudice: A Novel. : In Three Volumes, p.100
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