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Amor de Perdição 3.37 · 3.37

Woman's whims defy every rule

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Não era muito que Thadeu de Albuquerque fosse enganado em coisas de amor e coração de mulher, cujas variantes são tantas e tão caprichosas, que eu não sei se alguma maxima póde ser-nos guia, a não ser esta:

It was no great wonder that Thadeu de Albuquerque should be deceived in matters of love and a woman's heart, whose variations are so many and so capricious that I do not know whether any maxim can be a guide to us — except this one:

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No wonder Thadeu was fooled: woman's heart has so many capricious variations that the narrator doubts any maxim can guide us — except, perhaps, one.

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