That taught me a lesson I've always found it useful to reme… - Rebecca West

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That taught me a lesson I've always found it useful to remember if I have to deal with difficult men. When they are hard, they are probably dealing with things they do not understand. If one brings them back to what is familiar to them, they become soft.

Rebecca West

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About Rebecca West

Dame Cicily Isabel Fairfield DBE (21 December 1892 – 15 March 1983), known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer.

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Alternative Names: West, Dame Rebecca • Dame Rebecca West • Cicely Fairchild • Cicily Isabel Andrews • Cicily Andrews • Cicely Isabel Fairfield • Cicily Isobel Fairfield • Cicily Isabel Fairfield • Cicily Fairfield Andrews • Mrs H. M. Andrews • Cicily Fairfield • Dame Cicely Isabel Fairfield • Cicily Farifield

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