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The one who has not seen Paris in the morning does not know how beautiful it is.

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Irving Stone
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: July 14
Died: 1989
Died: August 26
Biographer
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Opinion Journalist
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Screenwriter
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San Francisco County
California
Doe
Paris
Seen
Morning
Beautiful

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Loneliness is a kind of prison. [Vincent Van Gogh]
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Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.
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