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When I was young, people used to say to me: Wait until you're fifty, you'll see. I am fifty. I haven't seen anything.

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Erik Satie
Age: 59 †
Born: 1866
Born: May 17
Died: 1925
Died: June 1
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Éric Alfred Leslie Satie
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