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If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.
Jules Renard
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Jules Renard
Age: 43 †
Born: 1867
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: May 24
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Chalons-du-Maine
Pierre-Jules Renard
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