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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