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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
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- Source:
- Pride and Prejudice
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-05-01
- Hash:
- 24985ad06b654484bdee3b3656735c0bbf6dcd66474e2ff3452d217f6a2da5ce
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