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Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.
Maria Edgeworth
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Maria Edgeworth
Age: 81 †
Born: 1768
Born: January 1
Died: 1849
Died: May 22
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Oxon.
Eliza Edgeworth
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Nor elves, nor fays, nor magic charm, Have pow'r, or will, to work us harm For those who dare the truth to tell, Fays, elves, and fairies, wish them well.
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Let the sexes mutually forgive each other their follies or, what is much better, let them combine their talents for their general advantage.
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If young women were not deceived into a belief that affectation pleases, they would scarcely trouble themselves to practise it so much.
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a straight line is the shortest possible line between any two points - an axiom equally true in morals as in mathematics.
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Politeness only teaches us to save others from unnecessary pain.... You are not bound by politeness to tell any falsehoods.
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