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It would be next to impossible to discover a handsome woman who was not also a vain woman.
Joseph Joubert
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Joseph Joubert
Age: 69 †
Born: 1754
Born: May 7
Died: 1824
Died: May 4
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Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.
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