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A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.
Anatole France
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Anatole France
Age: 80 †
Born: 1844
Born: April 16
Died: 1924
Died: October 12
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Jacques François-Anatole Thibault
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The more you say, the less they remember.
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