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Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

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
Laughing
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Wisdom
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Wit
Better
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Long
Laugh
Certainly

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