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A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
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Steventon
Hampshire
Conscience
Others
Nothing
Men
Time
Intrusion

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