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So much the worse for those who fear wine, for it is because they have some bad thoughts which they are afraid the liquor will extract from their hearts.

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Novelist
Playwright
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Villers-Cotterets
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father
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père
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Afraid
Thoughts
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Heart
Extract
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Liquor
Hearts
Wine

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