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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
Essayist
Novelist
Playwright
Screenwriter
Writer
Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux
Desire
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Wedding
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Marriage
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Wife
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