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Ah! The seasons of love roll not backward but onward, downward forever.

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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
Roll
Seasons
Forever
Love
Life
Downward
Onward
Backward

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