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As the rose-tree is composed of the sweetest flowers and the sharpest thorns, as the heavens are sometimes overcast—alternately tempestuous and serene—so is the life of man intermingled with hopes and fears, with joys and sorrows, with pleasure and pain.

Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke
Age: 68 †
Born: 1729
Born: January 12
Died: 1797
Died: July 9
Philosopher
Politician
Statesman
Writer
Dublin city
Sometimes
Sorrow
Composed
Intermingled
Men
Flower
Heavens
Tempestuous
Life
Tree
Sweetest
Alternately
Joy
Joys
Overcast
Pleasure
Hopes
Sharpest
Heaven
Fears
Serene
Pain
Flowers
Thorns
Inspirational
Rose
Sorrows

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