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Updated: October 29, 2025

I never saw my father at any period of his life appear so happy as he does, and has done for this month past; and you know that he tastes happiness as much as any human being can. He is not of the number of those qui avalent leurs plaisirs, il sait les gouter.

Maria Edgeworth - The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1