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That is a dream also only he has remained asleep, while you have awakened and who knows which of you is the most fortunate?

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Alexandre Dumas
Age: 68 †
Born: 1802
Born: July 24
Died: 1870
Died: December 5
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Villers-Cotterets
Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie
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Women are never so strong as after their defeat.
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I'm sure you're very nice, but you'd be even nicer if you went away.
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(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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It is not the tree that forsakes the flower, but the flower that forsakes the tree.
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