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There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above nothing enters from heavenard.

Joseph Joubert

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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
Essayist
Philosopher
Writer
Never
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Windows
Strike
Heads
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Window
Nothing

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