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"Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love, Pity's the straightest."

January 1, 1970

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John Fletcher, Nathan Field and Philip Massinger, The Knight of Malta (c. 1616–1619), Act I, scene i, line 73; The Dramatick Works of Beaumont and Fletcher (London, 1778), Vol. VII, p. 299. Scholars generally ascribe Act I to Field.

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John Fletcher, Nathan Field and Philip Massinger, The Knight of Malta (c. 1616–1619), Act I, scene i, line 73; The Dramatick Works of Beaumont and Fletcher (London, 1778), Vol. VII, p. 299. Scholars generally ascribe Act I to Field.