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Words may be counterfeit, false coined, and current only from the tongue, without the mind but passion is in the soul, and always speaks the heart.
Thomas Southerne
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Thomas Southerne
Age: 86 †
Born: 1660
Born: January 1
Died: 1746
Died: May 26
Dramatist
Playwright
Scandinavian Homestead
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Heart
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Tongue
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