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I am not apt to suspect without just cause, but in earnest if I once find anybody faulty towards me, they lose me for ever; I have forsworn being twice deceived by the same person.
— Dorothy Osborne
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I am not apt to suspect without just cause, but in earnest if I once find anybody faulty towards me, they lose me for ever; I have forsworn being twice deceived by the same person." in the context of "1653" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Dorothy Osborne" (Quotes: The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652–54, ed. E. A. Parry (New York, 1901)The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to William Temple, ed. G. C. Moore Smith (Oxford University Press, 1928))
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About Dorothy Osborne
Dorothy Osborne, Lady Temple (1627–1695) was an English writer of letters and wife of Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet.
About Dorothy Osborne
Dorothy Osborne, Lady Temple (1627–1695) was an English writer of letters and wife of Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet.
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