I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to ‘Yes,’ she ought to say ‘No’ directly.

Jane Austen
Jane Austen (1775-1817) English author
Emma, Vol. 1, ch. 7 [Emma] (1816)
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