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Memory, wit, fancy, acuteness, cannot grow young again in old age, but the heart can.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
Novelist
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Writer
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
Memory
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Acuteness
Age
Wit
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Heart

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