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But why always think the worst of people? What would she be doing to herself if she adopted that attitude to life? It was better to think the best and be wrong than to think the worst and be wrong.
But why always think the worst of people? What would she be doing to herself if she adopted that attitude to life? It was better to think the best and be wrong than to think the worst and be wrong.
Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
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- Mary Balogh
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- Approximate author period: c. 1944 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1944; activity date not established; Wikidata Q3296143, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3296143 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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