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The insolence of time is like a blow in the face from an unseen enemy.
Margaret Deland
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Margaret Deland
Age: 87 †
Born: 1857
Born: February 23
Died: 1945
Died: January 13
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Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Margaretta Wade Campbell
Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
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I've always thought the law ought to put on spectacles, it has mighty poor eyesight once in a while.
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Self-sacrifice which denies common sense is not a virtue. It's a spiritual dissipation.
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the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!
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There is no embarrassment quite like the embarrassment of listening to a person for whom one has a regard making a fool of himself.
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A sneer is like a flame it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.
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