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The more I see of the world, the more am i dissatisfied with it and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies of all human.

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
Dissatisfied
Everyday
Belief
Human
Humans
World
Inconsistencies
Confirms
Inconsistency

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