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In life it is more necessary to lose than to gain. A seed will only germinate if it dies.

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Boris Pasternak
Age: 70 †
Born: 1890
Born: February 10
Died: 1960
Died: May 30
Novelist
Pianist
Playwright
Poet
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Holiwis
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
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