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Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

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Richard Steele
Age: 57 †
Born: 1672
Born: March 12
Died: 1729
Died: September 1
Journalist
Playwright
Politician
Writer
Dublin city
Sir Richard Steele
Compared
Slow
Tongue
Destruction
Fire
Swords
Engines
Gossip

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No woman is capable of being beautiful who is not incapable of being false.
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