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It may be a good thing to copy reality but to invent reality is much, much better.
Giuseppe Verdi
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Giuseppe Verdi
Age: 87 †
Born: 1813
Born: April 10
Died: 1901
Died: January 27
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Roncole Verdi
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Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
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