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Let the music speak to us of tonight, in a happier language than our own.

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Wilkie Collins
Age: 65 †
Born: 1824
Born: January 8
Died: 1889
Died: September 23
Journalist
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London
England
William Collins
William Wilkie Collins
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I haven't much time to be fond of anything ... but when I have a moment's fondness to bestow, most times ... the roses get it. I began my life among them in my father's nursery garden, and I shall end my life among them, if I can. Yes. One of these days (please God) I shall retire from catching thieves, and try my hand at growing roses.
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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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We neither know nor judge ourselves others may judge, but cannot know us. God alone judges and knows us.
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