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She looked so irresistibly beautiful as she said those brave words that no man alive could have steel his heart against her.
Wilkie Collins
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Wilkie Collins
Age: 65 †
Born: 1824
Born: January 8
Died: 1889
Died: September 23
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William Collins
William Wilkie Collins
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The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!
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Except in this ignorant and material century, men have always worn precious stuffs and beautiful colours as well as women.
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I say what other people only think, and when all the rest of the world is in a conspiracy to accept the mask for the true face, mine is the rash hand that tears off the plump pasteboard and shows the bare bones beneath.
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