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There is only one good thing in life, and that is love.

Guy de Maupassant

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Guy de Maupassant
Age: 42 †
Born: 1850
Born: August 5
Died: 1893
Died: July 6
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Journalist
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Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant
Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant
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Joseph Prunier
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