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We are always on the side of those who speak last.
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne
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[After being corrected by a grammarian for using the feminine pronoun instead of the pseudogeneric masculine:] As you please, but for my part, if I were to express myself so, I should fancy I had a beard.
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