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Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.

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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
Sorrow
Black
Look
Looks
Scarcely
Like
Sorrows
Gray
Heads
Distance

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