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It is unjust and absurd of those advancing in years, to expect of the young that confidence should come all and only on their side: the human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

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
Young
Absurd
Human
Expect
Humans
Confidence
Come
Return
Heart
Side
Years
Sides
Advancing
Age
Opens
Whatever
Unjust

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