Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is. - Rhett Butler -- Margaret Mitchell (1900 - 49): Gone with the Wind vol.1, pt.2, ch.9
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名声を失うまでは、それがどれほど重荷となっているか、自由とは実際どんなものか、絶対に分かりはしない。 - レット・バトラー -- マーガレット・ミッチェル (1900 - 49): 『風と共に去りぬ』
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