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Zoe: The History of Two Lives (1845)
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There is no wisdom equal to that which comes after the event.
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Whilst you live a very little religion seems enough; but believe me, it requires a great deal when you come to die.
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Death is the last fact of which we can be certain.
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People always make mistakes when they fancy themselves exceptions...
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Our wishes never seem so little desirable as when on the verge of accomplishment; we draw back instinctively, they look so different from what we expected.
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Men change less than is imagined; their after life is only a kaleidescope combination of the elements of their character at the period of adolescence.
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There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual.
Catherine Drinker Bowen
Geraldine Jewsbury
Born:
August 22, 1812
Died:
September 23, 1880
(aged 68)
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