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Haste is a poor counselor

Alexandre Dumas

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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Alexandre Dumas pere
Alexandre Dumas
father
Alexandre Dumas
père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas
the Elder
Counselor
Haste
Poor

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