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"A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals" Mr. Knightley to Emma
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"One man’s style must not be the rule of another’s." Mr. Knightley to Emma, Emma, by Jane Austen.