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We are all of us obliged, if we are to make reality endurable, to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.
Marcel Proust
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Marcel Proust
Age: 51 †
Born: 1871
Born: July 10
Died: 1922
Died: November 18
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Dear Friend: I have nearly died three times since morning.
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