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A man hasn't got a corner on virtue just because his shoes are shined.

Ann Petry

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Ann Petry
Age: 88 †
Born: 1908
Born: October 12
Died: 1997
Died: April 28
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Old Saybrook
Connecticut
Ann Lane Petry
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