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The look of a king is itself a deed.

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Jean Paul
Age: 62 †
Born: 1763
Born: March 21
Died: 1825
Died: November 14
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Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
Jean Paul Richter
Zhen Polʹ Friderik Rikhter
Jean Paul
Johann Paul Richter
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Look
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Individuality is to be preserved and respected everywhere, as the root of everything good.
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Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.
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Sorrows are like thunderclouds, in the distance they look black, over our heads scarcely gray.
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