A little weeping, a little wheedling, a little self-degradation, a little careful use of our advantages, and then … - Olive Schreiner

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Though men can cover crimes with bold, stern looks, poor women's faces are their own faults' books.

Olive Schreiner

A little weeping, a little wheedling, a little self-degradation, a little careful use of our advantages, and then some man will say. Come, be my wife! With good looks and youth marriage is easy to attain. There are men enough; but a woman who has sold herself, even for a ring and a new name, need hold her skirt aside for no creature in the street. They both earn their bread in one way. Marriage for love is the most beautiful external symbol of the union of souls; marriage without it is the least clean traffic that defiles the world.

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