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You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Must
Giving
Remembrance
Think
Prejudice
Thinking
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Philosophy
Pleasure
Learn
Past

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