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Adversity often hatches out the true nobility of character.

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George Ade
Age: 78 †
Born: 1866
Born: February 7
Died: 1944
Died: May 16
Film Director
Humorist
Journalist
Novelist
Playwright
Reporter
Screenwriter
Writer
Kentland
Indiana
Character
Hatches
Nobility
Adversity
Often
True

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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but would not cost half as much during the winter months.
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If you have to be burned at the stake, be a good fellow and collect your own fire-wood.
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