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It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Discover
Impossible
Woman
Next
Also
Would
Handsome
Vanity
Vain

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