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How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue.

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
Littles
Permanent
Little
Brought
Stronger
Couple
Virtue
Passion
Happiness
Passions
Together
Belong

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