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Chickens are cheerless birds, I advise you to keep geese which can be taught to follow like dogs, one needs all the companionship one can get in these days.
Nancy Mitford
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Nancy Mitford
Age: 68 †
Born: 1904
Born: November 28
Died: 1973
Died: January 1
Biographer
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London
England
Nancy Freeman-Mitford
Hon. Nancy Freeman-Mitford
Nancy Rodd
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The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life's essential unfairness.
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If one can't be happy, one must be amused.
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In France that is the one rule, never make trouble.
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