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Trust in the inexhaustible character of the murmur.

Andre Breton

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Andre Breton
Age: 70 †
Born: 1896
Born: February 18
Died: 1966
Died: September 28
Art Theorist
Drawer
Essayist
Novelist
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Poet
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Chicago
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Andre Breton
D'André Breton
Andre Breto
René Dobrant
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Trust
Character
Murmur
Inexhaustible

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