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Without scheming to do wrong, or to make others unhappy, there may be error and there may be misery. Thoughtlessness, want of attention to other people's feelings, and want of resolution, will do the business.

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
People
Attention
Wrong
Scheming
Business
Thoughtlessness
Feelings
Resolution
Others
Error
May
Unhappy
Without
Errors
Make
Misery

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