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A wife loves out of duty, and duty leads to constraint, and constraint kills desire.
Jean Giraudoux
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Jean Giraudoux
Age: 61 †
Born: 1882
Born: October 29
Died: 1944
Died: January 31
Diplomat
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Novelist
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Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux
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