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All lovers in the world are alike: they fall in love by chance they see each other, and are attached to each other by the features of their faces they illuminate each other by the fierce preference which is akin to madness they assert the reality of illusions and for a moment they change falsehood into truth.

Henri Barbusse

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Henri Barbusse
Age: 62 †
Born: 1873
Born: May 17
Died: 1935
Died: August 30
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Asnières (Hauts-de-Seine
France)
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