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Silence holds the door against the strife of tongue and all the impertinences of idle conversation.

James Hervey

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James Hervey
Age: 44 †
Born: 1714
Born: February 26
Died: 1758
Died: December 25
Poet
Writer
Hardingstone
Northamptonshire
Idle
Holds
Tongue
Door
Conversation
Doors
Silence
Impertinence
Strife

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