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Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.

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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
Worst
War
Fiercest
Like
Dogs
Hatred
Dog
Silent
Greatest
Virtue

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