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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
Essayist
Novelist
Writer
Oxon.
Eliza Edgeworth
Forgiving
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Remember
Much
Surely
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