Louisa May Alcott Quotes About Old Maids
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At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will. At thirty, they say nothing about it, but quietly accept the fact.
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Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.
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The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.
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Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands.
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