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Darling, replied Valentine, has not the count just told us that all human wisdom was contained in these two words,- Wait and hope?
Alexandre Dumas
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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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