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I have always had a passion for the beautiful. If the man in me is often a pessimist, the artist, on the contrary, is pre-eminently an optimist.

Jules Breton

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Jules Breton
Age: 79 †
Born: 1827
Born: May 1
Died: 1906
Died: July 5
Painter
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