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All romances end at marriage.

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
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Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.
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Is a woman a thinking unit at all, or a fraction always wanting its integer?
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