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Lo, sleep is good, better is death--in sooth The best of all were never to be born.
Heinrich Heine
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Heinrich Heine
Age: 58 †
Born: 1797
Born: December 13
Died: 1856
Died: February 17
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Christian Johann Heinrich Heine
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So we keep asking, over and over,Until a handful of earthStops our mouths -But is that an answer?
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