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If there is a fruit that can be eaten raw, it is beauty.

Alphonse Karr

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Alphonse Karr
Age: 81 †
Born: 1808
Born: November 24
Died: 1890
Died: September 29
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Critic
Florist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Writer
Paris
France
Jean Baptiste Alphonse Karr
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Beauty

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