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Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain.

Charles Caleb Colton
Pain, Doors, Hands
Charles Caleb Colton (1823). “Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan”, p.66
Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain.