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Quote by Mary Arnim
Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty --excusable, perh

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty –excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable –should persist after the beauty was gone. – Mary Arnim

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