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Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

Charles Lamb

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Charles Lamb
Age: 59 †
Born: 1775
Born: February 10
Died: 1834
Died: December 27
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
London
England
Hath
Spring
Fool
Ever
Cometh
World
Pranks
Fooled
April
Fools

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