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An evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it afterwards a good deed is better done, for having done it, one does not repent.

Max Muller

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Max Muller
Age: 76 †
Born: 1823
Born: December 6
Died: 1900
Died: October 28
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Friedrich Max Müller
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