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Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.

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
Wise
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