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Ladies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks.
Thomas Hardy
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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
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A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.
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Done because we are too many.
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You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted!
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