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We (soldiers) are like cloaks,-one thinks of us only when it rains.

Maurice de Saxe

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Maurice de Saxe
Age: 54 †
Born: 1696
Born: January 1
Died: 1750
Died: November 30
Comte De Saxe
Military Leader
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Politician
Moritz Herzog von Sachsen
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