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. . . gentleness is stronger than severity, water is stronger than rock, love is stronger than force.

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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
Illustrator
Literary
Novelist
Painter
Philosopher
Poet
Resistance Fighter
Writer
Hermann Karl Hesse
Severity
Gentleness
Rock
Stronger
Rocks
Water
Force
Love
Siddhartha

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