Jane Austen: But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them.

But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there a — Jane Austen

But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them.

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