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It's the hardest thing to be alone in being satisfied with what one's done.

Claude Monet

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Claude Monet
Age: 86 †
Born: 1840
Born: November 14
Died: 1926
Died: December 5
Graphic Artist
Painter
Paris
France
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Loneliness
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