Quote#Wisdom
"Propinquity does it"—as Mrs Thornburgh is always reminding us
Quote byMary Augusta Ward · 1851–1920
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Robert Elsmere (1888), Book I. Ch. i, p. 7.
English (original)
"Propinquity does it"—as Mrs Thornburgh is always reminding us.
— Mary Augusta Ward
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