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Virginia Woolf Quotes

A masterpiece is something said once and for all, stated, finished, so that it's there complete in the mind, if only at the back.
Virginia Woolf

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Date of Birth:
January 25, 1882
Date of Death:
March 28, 1941
Nationality:
British
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If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
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Language is wine upon the lips.
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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
Virginia Woolf


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