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Everything has happened before - not once, but over and over again. We may not be able to solve our problems through what are pompously called "the lessons of history, " but at least we should be able to recognize the issues and perhaps avoid some of the solutions that have failed in the past. And we can take heart in our own dilemma by realizing that other people in other times have survived worse.Elizabeth Peters
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Any man with a grain of sense knows that marriage is the only way, these days, to acquire a full-time maid who works twenty-five hours a day, with no time off and no pay except room and board. (p9)Elizabeth Peters
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brainElizabeth Peters