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It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the…
Quote byMaria Edgeworth · 1768–1849
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Helen (1834), ch. 7; Tales and Novels, vol. 19, p. 62..
English (original)
It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.
— Maria Edgeworth
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