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The words 'Here you can find perfect peace' can be written only over the gates of a cemetery.
Gottfried Leibniz
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Gottfried Leibniz
Age: 70 †
Born: 1646
Born: July 1
Died: 1716
Died: November 14
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I hold that it is only when we can prove everything we assert that we understand perfectly the thing under consideration.
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