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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Large
Wealth
Heard
Happiness
Recipe
Happy
Recipes
Money
Jane
Best
Income
Ever
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