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Silence is terrible and painful only to those who have said all and have nothing more to speak of but to those who never had anything to say— to them silence is simple and easy.
Maxim Gorky
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Maxim Gorky
Age: 68 †
Born: 1868
Born: March 14
Died: 1936
Died: June 14
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