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Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White Quotes: Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.
         

Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.


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Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.
         



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