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The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.

Georges Rouault

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Georges Rouault
Age: 87 †
Born: 1871
Born: January 27
Died: 1958
Died: February 13
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