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As for the ridiculous fear of making things below one's potential abilities... No, there is the root of the evil. There is the hiding place of stupidity I must attack: vain mortal, you are limited by nothing.

Eugene Delacroix

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Eugene Delacroix
Age: 65 †
Born: 1798
Born: April 26
Died: 1863
Died: August 13
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