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Men thin away to insignificance and oblivion quite as often by not making the most of good spirits when they have them as by lacking good spirits when they are indispensable.

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
Dorchester
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Thin
Quite
Making
Often
Insignificance
Away
Oblivion
Spirit
Spirits
Good
Indispensable
Men
Lacking

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