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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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What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.
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We've all of us got to meet the devil alone. Temptation is a lonely business.
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I'm not to blame for an old body, but I would be to blame for an old soul. An old soul is a shameful thing.
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