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"Effi Briest" Quotes
A young woman's forbidden love affair leads to tragedy and societal condemnation in 19th-century Germany.
Quotes
Marriage is a prison where the key is thrown away.
The most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority.
The best thing about getting married is getting married.
A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.
Without a vision, the people perish.
There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart.
Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.
