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Virtue is despotic life, reputation, every earthly good, must be surrendered at her voice. The law may seem hard, but it is the guardian of what it commands and is the only sure defence of happiness.

Jane Porter

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Jane Porter
Age: 74 †
Born: 1776
Born: January 17
Died: 1850
Died: May 24
Novelist
Writer
Durham
England
May
Command
Hard
Seem
Despotic
Must
Virtue
Surrendered
Every
Law
Commands
Good
Sure
Earthly
Life
Happiness
Guardian
Voice
Defence
Seems
Reputation

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