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Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude

Variability is one of the virtues of a woman. It avoids the crude requirement of polygamy. So long as you have one good wife you are sure to have a spiritual harem. – G.K. Chesterton, Alarms and Discursions, “The Glory of Grey”

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