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Of all the forms of wisdom, hindsight is by general consent the least merciful, the most unforgiving.
John Fletcher
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John Fletcher
Age: 45 †
Born: 1579
Born: November 30
Died: 1625
Died: August 1
Dramatist
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Rye
East Sussex
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