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That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Age: 67 †
Born: 1874
Born: November 30
Died: 1942
Died: April 24
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New London
Prince Edward Island
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Forgiving
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Older
Easier
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Forty
Grows
Forgive
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Twenty
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