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Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Those who are standing by are usually thinking of something very different.

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
Thinking
Standing
Like
Usually
Fine
Virtue
Must
Reward
Different
Rewards
Something
Dancing
Believe
Dance

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