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Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.

Richard Whately

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Richard Whately
Age: 76 †
Born: 1787
Born: February 1
Died: 1863
Died: October 8
Economist
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London
England
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Woman
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Every
Reed
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Tempest
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