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Modesty never rages, never murmurs, never pouts when it is ill-treated, it pines, it beseeches, it languishes.

Richard Steele

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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
Treated
Languishes
Never
Murmurs
Rages
Languish
Pines
Modesty
Ill
Rage

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