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Some people are so boring that they make you waste an entire day in five minutes.

Jules Renard

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Jules Renard
Age: 43 †
Born: 1867
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: May 24
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Literary Critic
Novelist
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Chalons-du-Maine
Pierre-Jules Renard
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