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Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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father
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père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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the Elder
May
Wounds
Heart
Painful
Always
Remain
Never
Close
Peculiarity
Ready
Bleed
Open
Hidden
Moral
Touched
Pain
Fresh

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