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There are no such self-deceivers as those who think they reason when they only feel.
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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Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.
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