Quote#Wisdom
"A man's way of loving is so different from a woman's," sighed Anna.…
Quote byJohn Oliver Hobbes · 1867–1906
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Sinner's Comedy (1892), ch. 6.
English (original)
"A man's way of loving is so different from a woman's," sighed Anna. "There ain't nothing," said Mrs. Grimmage, "there ain't nothing that makes them so sulky and turns them against you so soon as saying anything like that."
— John Oliver Hobbes
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