Rich as we are in biography, a well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one; and … - Thomas Carlyle

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Footballers wives are like leeches, feeding off their partners success. I don't want to be a footballer's wife.

Thomas Carlyle

Rich as we are in biography, a well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one; and there are certainly many more men whose history deserves to be recorded than persons willing and able to record it.

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