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A weakened mind always sees everything through a black veil. The soul makes its own horizons your soul is dark, which is why you see such a cloudy sky.

Alexandre Dumas

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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
Alexandre Dumas
père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas
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Black
Horizons
Makes
Cloudy
Soul
Veil
Everything
Veils
Mind
Horizon
Always
Sees
Sky
Dark
Weakened

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