Man is to be held only by the slightest chains; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport. (Maria Edgeworth)

Man is to be held only by the slightest chains; with the idea that he can break them at pleasure, he submits to them in sport.

Maria Edgeworth

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