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Maybe it’s that I find it hard to forgive the follies and vices of others, or their offenses against me. My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever.

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
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Forgive
Hard
Vices
Good
Forgiving
Opinion
Maybe
Offenses
Forever
Follies
Lost
Offense
Others
Folly

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