Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman;

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Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things (Evelina, 39) - Fanny Burney

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lived 1752 - 1840, English novelist and diarist

Born:13th June, 1752
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Starsign: Gemini

Author Keywords: Novelist, Diarist, English

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