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Beauty does not bring happiness to the one who possesses it, but to the one who loves and admires it.
Hermann Hesse
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Hermann Hesse
Age: 85 †
Born: 1877
Born: July 2
Died: 1962
Died: August 9
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Hermann Karl Hesse
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