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Ugly women may be naturally quite as capricious as pretty ones but as they are never petted and spoiled, and as no allowances are made for them, they soon find themselves obliged either to suppress their whims or to hide them.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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Jacques François-Anatole Thibault
François-Anatole Thibault
Anatole Thibault
Never
Ones
Suppress
Pretty
Whim
Either
Spoiled
Quite
Obliged
Petted
Women
Hide
Allowances
May
Naturally
Whims
Find
Ugly
Capricious
Made
Soon
Allowance
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