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It is no good my telling you. One never believes other people's experiencem and one is only very gradually convinced by one's own.
Vita Sackville-West
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Vita Sackville-West
Age: 70 †
Born: 1892
Born: March 9
Died: 1962
Died: June 2
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Lady Victoria Sackville-West
Victoria Mary Sackville-West
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April, the angel of the months, the young love of the year.
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I have come to the conclusion, after many years of sometimes sad experience, that you cannot come to any conclusion at all.
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