There are so few who can grow old with a good grace.

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Richard Steele was a 17th-century Irish anglo-irish writer and politician. Sir Richard Steele was an Anglo-Irish writer, playwright and politician best known as the co-founder of the magazine The Spectator alongside his close friend Joseph Addison. Read more on Wikipedia →

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