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The spirit of sarcasm lives and thrives in the midst of universal wreck its balls are enchanted and itself invulnerable, and it braves retaliations and reprisals because itself is a mere flash, a bodiless and magical nothing.

Henri Frederic Amiel

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Henri Frederic Amiel
Age: 59 †
Born: 1821
Born: September 27
Died: 1881
Died: May 11
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Literary Critic
Philosopher
Poet
Translator
University Teacher
Writer
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Henri-Frederic Amiel
Henri Frédéric Amiel
Mere
Wrecks
Bodiless
Universal
Sarcasm
Braves
Lives
Magical
Invulnerable
Spirit
Flash
Reprisal
Nothing
Thrive
Retaliation
Midst
Thrives
Balls
Wreck
Brave
Enchanted

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