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A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

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
Bent
Upset
Expected
Behavior
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Person
Better
Knowingly

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