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It is one of my rules in life, never to notice what I don't understand.
Wilkie Collins
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Wilkie Collins
Age: 65 †
Born: 1824
Born: January 8
Died: 1889
Died: September 23
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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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Pedants, who have the least knowledge to be proud of, are impelled most by vanity.
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