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A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.

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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Temper
Happiness
Character
Might
Sometimes
Much
Resolute

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