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A bond is necessary to complete our being, only we must be careful that the bond does not become bondage.
Anna Brownell Jameson
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Anna Brownell Jameson
Age: 66 †
Born: 1794
Born: January 1
Died: 1860
Died: January 1
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Have the courage to appear poor and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting.
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As the rolling stone gathers no moss, so the roving heart gathers no affections.
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