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What a tragedy it was that the only thing age could offer to youth was its own experience, and that the experiences of others were never profitable.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 12
Died: 1958
Died: September 22
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[On the Irish:] Strange race ... Don't know what they want, but want it like the devil.
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having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.
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there comes a time when ambition ceases to burn, or romance to stir, and the highest cry of the human heart is for peace.
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