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You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

E. W. Howe

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E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Edgar Watson Howe
Forgiveness
Sorry
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Shows
Patched
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Quarrel
Always
Quarrels
Apology
Forgiven

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