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Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.

Pierre Corneille

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Pierre Corneille
Age: 78 †
Born: 1606
Born: June 6
Died: 1684
Died: October 1
Dramatist
Playwright
Poet
Poet Lawyer
Translator
Writer
Love
Flame
Flames
Fuel
Lack
Dead
Dies
Hope
Lives
Sinks

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