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Not all of life's roads are set fast, for a man may do this or a man may do that and not even the gods know the mind of a man.

Leo Tolstoy

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