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Justness exists, even if few people exist who feel it.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.
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The one who doesn't pull his weight is not asked to pull, while the one who does, pulls for two.
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