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The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.
Hector Hugh Munro
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Hector Hugh Munro
Age: 45 †
Born: 1870
Born: December 18
Died: 1916
Died: November 13
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I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to talk English.
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A beautifully constructed borshch, such as you are going to experience presently, ought not only to banish conversation but almost to annihilate thought.
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Once a female, always a female. Nature is not always infallible but she always abides by her mistakes.
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