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Nothing is so oppressive as a secret; it is difficult for ladies to keep it long, and I know even in this matter a good number of men who are women.
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret; it is difficult for ladies to keep it long, and I know even in this matter a good number of men who are women.
Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
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- Author or tradition
- J. De La Fontaine
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- Approximate author period: c. 1658 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1621–1695)
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- Book of Wise Sayings (1893) (1893 AD)
Saying 99 · printed source label: La Fontaine · entry translator not specified
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