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I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell.

Jean Rostand

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Jean Rostand
Age: 82 †
Born: 1894
Born: October 30
Died: 1977
Died: September 4
Biologist
Historian
Philosopher
Writer
Paris
France
Paradise
Prefer
Hell
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