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The custom and fashion of today will be the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow - so arbitrary are these transient laws.

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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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Alexandre Dumas
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(...) the tree forsakes not the flower: the flower falls from the tree.
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If God were suddenly condemned to live the life which He has inflicted upon men, He would kill Himself.
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Here is your final lesson - do not commit the crime for which you now serve the sentence. God said, Vengeance is mine. [...] He believes in you.
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