The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time. … - Lawrence Durrell

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It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake.

Lawrence Durrell

The appalling thing is the degree of charity women are capable of. You see it all the time. . . love lavished on absolute fools. Love's a charity ward, you know.

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