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Quotes About Portioned

God is just, and our lots are well portioned out by Him, although none, but He knows the bitterness of our souls.
~ Elizabeth Gaskell
Ah, Sir, said she, a man of your observation must know, that the daughters of a decayed family of some note in the world, do not easily get husbands. Men of great fortunes look higher: Men of small must look out for wives to enlarge them; and men of genteel businesses are afraid of young women better born than portioned. Every-body knows not that my girls can bend to their condition; and they must be contented to live single all their lives;
~ Samuel Richardson