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Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
Novelist
Writer
S. Richardson
Often
Great
Restrained
Deal
Deals
Eyes
Talk
Eye
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She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.
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