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Unlike the ambiguity of life, the ambiguity of language does reach a limit.

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Mason Cooley
Age: 75 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 1
Died: 2002
Died: July 25
Aphorist
Ambiguity
Unlike
Limit
Reach
Limits
Language
Doe
Life

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