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To live, to have so much ambition, to suffer, to cry, to fight and, at the end, forgetfulness ... as if I had never existed.

Marie Bashkirtseff

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Marie Bashkirtseff
Age: 25 †
Born: 1858
Born: November 24
Died: 1884
Died: October 31
Biographer
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Painter
Sculptor
Writer
Dykanʼka
Marie-Konstantinowna Bashkirtseff
Marie Constantine Bashkirtseff
Maria-Konstantinova Bashkirsteff
Marie Konstantinowna Bashkirtseff
Mariya Konstaninovna Bashkirtseva
Mariya Bashkirtseva
Marii︠a︡ Bashkirt︠s︡eva
Marie Bachkirtsev
Marii︠a︡ Konstantinovna Bashkirt︠s︡eva
Marii︠a︡ Kosti︠a︡ntynivna Bashkyrt︠s︡eva
Marija Baškirceva
Marie Bashkir
Fighting
Suffering
Forgetfulness
Ends
Mortality
Live
Existed
Much
Suffer
Never
Cry
Ambition
Fight

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