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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?

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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father
Alexandre Dumas
père
Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
Alexandre Dumas
the Elder
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Valentine
Two
Darling
Human
Count
Humans
Wait
Told
Wisdom
Waiting
Contained
Hope
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