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La solitude re tablit aussi bien les harmonies du corps que celles de l'a me. Solitude restores the harmonies of the body no less than those of the soul.
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
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Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Age: 77 †
Born: 1737
Born: January 19
Died: 1814
Died: January 21
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