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Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
Looks
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Walking
Elders
Time
Dream
Longer
Paths
Life
Ends
Becomes
Appears
Like
Seems
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Bright
Reason
Morning
Aging
Live
Clear
Mysterious
Straighter
Look
Age
Mystery
Puzzled
Everything
Less
Approach
Crooked

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