Richard Brinsley Sheridan :
There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.
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Widowhood
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Love
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Choice
Gift it
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