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Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor, which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony. - Jane Austen Quotes

Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor, which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.

Source:Letters to Fanny Knight, Chawton, Thursday (March 13, 1816)
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