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The only life that is happy is the life that can renounce the amenities of the world. To it the amenities of the world are so many graces of fate.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
Age: 62 †
Born: 1889
Born: April 26
Died: 1951
Died: April 29
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