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Of all the bitter and heavy things in this sorry old world, the not being necessary is the bitterest and heaviest.
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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If you are kind to an enemy, you cannot hate him.
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there couldn't be war, unless lies were believed. War has to be nourished by lies.
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gossip, after it reaches a certain point of insult and falsehood, becomes a source of amusement to its victims.
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