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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.

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
Everybody
Less
Amuses
Easy
Settles
Past
Settling
Nothing
Abundance
Great
Manner
Deal
Deals

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