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We live not by things, but by the meaning of things. It is needful to transmit the passwords from generation to generation.

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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