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We must never expect discretion in first love: it is accompanied by such excessive joy that unless the joy is allowed to overflow, it will choke you.

Alexandre Dumas

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
Author
Novelist
Playwright
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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père
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Never
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Allowed
Expect
Unless
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Joy
Overflow
Firsts
Accompanied

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