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We are never quits with those who oblige us, was Dantes' reply for when we do not owe them money, we owe them gratitude.

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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
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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father
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père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas
the Elder
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Quitting
Gratitude
Money
Never
Quits
Oblige

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