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The innocent one is he who does not explain, for whom life is both a mystery and a total light, one who does not complain... For innocence admits of neither regret nor dispute. The innocent one assumes all responsibility.
Jean Giraudoux
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Jean Giraudoux
Age: 61 †
Born: 1882
Born: October 29
Died: 1944
Died: January 31
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