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Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti
Age: 64 †
Born: 1830
Born: December 5
Died: 1894
Died: December 29
Hymnwriter
Poet
Writer
London
England
Christina Georgina Rossetti
Christina G. Rossetti
Left
Women
Anything
Sadder
Work
Unfinished
Never
Begun
Empowering
Libertarian
Inspirational

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