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People respect unhappiness and find it especially hard to forgive success.

Francoise Sagan

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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
Biographer
Film Director
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
Françoise
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
People
Unhappiness
Forgive
Forgiving
Especially
Respect
Success
Find
Hard
Schadenfreude

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