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Where a man does his best with only moderate powers, he will have the advantage over negligent superiority.

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
Powers
Advantage
Power
Doe
Best
Negligent
Men
Moderate
Moderates
Superiority

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