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English
1868
REGINALD ON BESETTING SINS: THE WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH There was once (said Reginald) a woman who told the truth. REGINALD ON BESETTING SINS THE WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH THERE WAS ONCE SAID REGINALD A WOMAN WHO TOLD THE TRUTH
 more generally practised than you imagine. The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. It's only the middle-aged who are really conscious of their limitations--that is why one should be so patient with them. But one never is." "After all," said the Duchess, "the disillusions of life may depend on our way of assessing it. In the minds of those who come after us we may be remembered for qualities and successes which we quite left out of the reckoning." "It's not always safe to depend on the commemorative tendencies of those who come after us. There may have been disillusionments in the lives of the mediaeval saints, but they would scarcely have been better pleased if they could have foreseen that their names would be associated nowadays chiefly with racehorses and the cheaper clarets. And now, if you can tear yourself away from the salted almonds, we'll go and have coffee under the palms that are so necessary for our discomfort.  THIS IS A LIBRIVOX RECORDING ALL LIBER VOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG THIS READING BY GRAHAM REDMAN REGINALD SHORT STORIES BY SARKE
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