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We must not subject him who creates to the desires of the multitude. It is, rather, his creation that must become the multitude's desire.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Age: 44 †
Born: 1900
Born: June 29
Died: 1944
Died: July 31
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