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Too much principle is often more harmful than too little.

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Ellen Glasgow
Age: 71 †
Born: 1874
Born: April 22
Died: 1945
Died: November 21
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Suffragette
Writer
Richmond
Virginia
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
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Principle
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though pleasure may be purchasable, happiness cannot be bought for a price.
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