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Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows.

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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
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Sun
Friend
Also
Every
Sunflower
Attracts

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