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Trust me--with women worth the being won, The softest lover ever best succeeds.

Aaron Hill

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Aaron Hill
Age: 64 †
Born: 1685
Born: February 10
Died: 1750
Died: February 8
Essayist
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Trust
Women
Softest
Best
Courtship
Ever
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Lovers
Succeed
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First, then, a woman will, or won't, - depend on't If she will do't, she will and there's an end on't. But, if she won't, since safe and sound your trust is, Fear is affront: and jealousy injustice.
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