Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants. (Elizabeth Montagu)

Wit in women is apt to have bad consequences; like a sword without a scabbard, it wounds the wearer and provokes assailants.

Elizabeth Montagu

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