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People who know their worth can live austerely; it's the people nagged by the gnawing knowledge of their own cheapness who have that eternal necessity for submerging themselves in what they feel is superlative in material things, as if fine possessions could make them fine.
Mabel Seeley
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions.
John Quincy Adams
Mabel Seeley
Born:
March 25, 1903
Died:
June 9, 1991
(aged 88)
Bio:
Mabel Seeley was an American mystery writer.
Known for:
The crying sisters (1939)
The chuckling fingers (1941)
The beckoning door (1950)
The whistling shadow (1954)
The listening house (1938)
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