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Take [Stéphane] Mallarme. I hold him to be the greatest of French poets, and I have taken some time to understand him !
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Age: 74 †
Born: 1905
Born: January 1
Died: 1980
Died: January 1
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A good hanging now and then -- that entertains folk in the provinces and robs death of its glamour.
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L'homme est une passion inutile. Man is a useless passion.
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Ah! yes, I know: those who see me rarely trust my word: I must look too intelligent to keep it.
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