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Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Done
Noble
Think
Sun
Thinking
Whose
Views
Hand
Lost
Action
Hands
Descending

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