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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes: Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin.
         

Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin.


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This page presents the quote "Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity and ruin.". Author of this quote is Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. This quote is about ruins, prosperity, soul,.