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What value has compassion that does not take its object in its arms?
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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One is a member of a country, a profession, a civilization, a religion. One is not just a man.
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