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It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art.
Margaret Oliphant
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"It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art."
— Margaret Oliphant

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It has been my fate in a long life of production to be credited chiefly with the equivocal virtue of industry, a quality so excellent in morals, so little satisfactory in art. — Margaret Oliphant

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Margaret Oliphant was a Novelist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1828–1897).

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This quote is attributed to Margaret Oliphant, a Novelist from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Margaret Oliphant lived from 1828 – 1897.