Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield Quotes

Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics.

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• Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics.

  

  Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
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