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When truth is discovered by someone else, it loses something of its attractiveness.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.
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A meek fellow ... is a real godsend in any gang.
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