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men love their wives not because of their virtues, but in spite of them.
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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A sneer is like a flame it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes, but it leaves a bitter scar.
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