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I don't want to prove anything I merely want to live, to do no one harm but myself. I have the right to do that, haven't I?

Leo Tolstoy

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Leo Tolstoy
Age: 82 †
Born: 1828
Born: January 1
Died: 1910
Died: January 1
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