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Life is a storm. One minute you will bathe under the sun and the next you will be shattered upon the rocks. That's when you shout, Do your worst, for I will do mine! and you will be remembered forever.

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Playwright
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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father
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père
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the Elder
Worst
Remembered
Forever
Minute
Upon
Storm
Next
Mines
Life
Mine
Sun
Bathe
Rocks
Shout
Minutes
Shattered

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