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Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman, but an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any earthly force.
Richard Rolle de Hampole
Born: 1290
Died: 1349 (aged 59)
Bio: Richard Rolle was an English hermit, mystic, and religious writer. He is also known as Richard Rolle of Hampole or de Hampole, since at the end of his life he lived near a Cistercian nunnery in Hampole, Yorkshire.
Known for:
- The fire of love
- Richard Rolle, the English Writings
- Yorkshire Writers