A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world. - Abigail Adams

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To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder?

Abigail Adams

A little of what you call frippery is very necessary towards looking like the rest of the world.

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