Moll Flanders

Англ.яз.
AS TO WOMEN THAT DO NOT THINK
THEIR OWN SAFETY WORTH THEIR OWN
THOUGHT, THAT, IMPATIENT OF THEIR
PRESENT STATE, RUN INTO MATRIMONY
AS A HORSE RUSHES INTO THE BATTLE,
I CAN SAY NOTHING TO THEM BUT THIS,
THAT THEY LOOK LIKE PEOPLE THAT
VENTURE THEIR ESTATES IN A LOTTERY
WHERE THERE IS A HUNDRED
THOUSAND BLANKS TO ONE PRIZE.”
DANIEL DEFOE’S IRONIC TALE OF ONE
WOMAN’S WICKED WAYS.